Elton John is one of the greatest performers Great Britain has ever produced. Sure, he’s foul-mouthed and controversial, arrogant and outrageous, bad-tempered and just a little bit spoilt. But sit him down at a piano with a microphone and he will wow you and everyone else watching.

Which is exactly what Elton John has been doing for the last five years at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Originally signed on for a three-year tour of duty, he had his contract extended due to visitor demand to see him play live.

However, all good things must come to an end, and John’s Las Vegas run did just last night (April 22) as he played his last show at the famous hotel and casino and waved goodbye to the undisputed gambling capital of the world.

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Elton John and Lily Allen co-hosted the GQ Men Of The Year Awards in London on Tuesday evening. While most people could have spotted trouble a mile off, what with having two of the most outspoken and spoiled pop stars alive sharing a stage, the organisers clearly didn’t see it coming.

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Elton John has been a stalwart in the British music industry for 40 years, and is now regarded as one of the greats.

He’s never stopped working either, releasing an album as recently as 2006. However, that could be his last, as he has warned he may not make another album.

The Captain & The Kid which John released just two years ago may now turn out to be his last album ever, as in an interview with BBC6 Music, he described how due to being so busy with other projects, he may never make another album again. He told the digital radio station:

“I don’t know if I’m ever going to make another record again at the moment. I have no plans to do another album as such.”

“I am so busy touring and doing shows and promoting musicals and producing films - I would like to make another record but I don’t know when or where or if I am gonna make one.”

We’ve already heard how Phil Collins has retired from music, and won’t be releasing any new material, and now we could be looking at the second hugely successful British musician to stop working in as many weeks.

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We all think our music taste is the best, and most of us try and somehow inflict that taste on out friends, or in the case of blogging, on total strangers.

I am very confident in my music taste, thinking it is solid, with artists who are talented, and definitely acceptable to most people’s ears. But, everyone, including me, has those little gems hidden away somewhere, that they may not be quite so proud of.

Call them what you will, but for the means of this post, we are referring to them as Guilty Pleasures, and here are my Top Ten British Songs which I love, but maybe will get stick for…

They’re back, they still mime after all these years, and their songs are cheesy as hell, but I love this song. It may be sentimental claptrap but there’s something magical about it that I never get bored of.

Everyone loved this song at first, but then they turned, and started to hate it. The problem is, I didn’t follow them, and instead carried on adoring it. It’s a gorgeous song, with great lyrics, and I don’t even mind Blunt’s whining voice.

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Elton John, that bastion of the British Music Scene for 30 years thinks that the Internet is bad for music, and stops people creating stuff. The gay pop star and hissy fit diva also called for people to stop blogging, and get out and communicate with each other. Ermmm hello Elton, I probably talk to more people through and because of my blogs than at any other time through my life.

The 60 year old ‘Candle in the Wind’ singer told The Sun newspaper:-

“The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff. Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK bit it doesn’t bode well for long-term artistic vision. It’s just a means to an end.”

“We’re talking about things that are going to change the world and change the way people listen to music and that’s not going to happen with people blogging on the internet. I mean, get out there, communicate. Hopefully the next movement will tear down the internet.”

“Let’s get out in the streets and march and protest instead of sitting at home and blogging. I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span. There’s too much technology available. I’m sure as far as music goes, it would be much more interesting that it is today.“

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