Elton John - Elton 'Livid' At Bono Snub

24 July 2005

Caption: A floral tribute from Elton John (Picture) and David Furnish The funeral of style icon Isabella Blow at Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester, England ....

Elton 'Livid' At Bono Snub

SIR ELTON JOHN is reportedly furious U2 have refused to have any part in a charity album he is producing for his Aids foundation.

The ROCKET MAN star was keen to feature the Irish rockers' 1980s hit NEW YEAR'S DAY on the star-studded release - which is set to feature MORRISSEY and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - but BONO stunned John with the snub.

An insider tells British newspaper the Sunday Mirror, "Elton is livid. He can't believe U2 refused to give permission to use New Year's Day. He thinks it's really bad form.

"Bono was one of the main protagonists for Live 8 and the Make Poverty History campaign which Elton was happy to do because it was such a brilliant cause.

"So you can imagine he was amazed - and a little let down to say the least."

24/07/2005 09:25

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25th July 2005 02:54 jlyon (1)

	i agree, there has to be more to the story that we are not hearing!

25th July 2005 01:55 THEGREATROBYNIE (77)

	There has to be more to it than what we just read in the article. I think that Elton John should have a sit down and find out what's behind it all. Bono and U2 are very close to the Aids issue, especially in Africa, so there has to be more to it. There just has to be. Robyn