Chicago Tribune — “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” offers everything – several bored Oscar winners; two scenes featuring death by meat grinder; Elton John, mugging in close-up – except a good time. It’s a tiny bit more bizarre and depraved than the 2014 “King... more info

Stereogum — Next month, Showtime will air a documentary about George Michael called George Michael: Freedom. It was in production before the musician died last year and features Michael himself narrating the rise of his career. According to Pitchfork, a long lis... more info

Sweeping The Nation — In retrospect, something appears to be coming together around 1998. Three of the year's biggest music stories - George Michael's arrest, Elton John's knighthood, Geri leaving the Spice Girls - feel like the first stage of coalescing into ... more info

Stereogum — Billy Joel appeared on Harry Connick Jr.'s talk show to perform a song and poke fun at his buddy Elton John. Joel performed "Don't Ask Me Why" with Connick Jr. as well as "Vienna," though video of that song hasn't surfaced yet. Check out the performa... more info

PopSugar UK — It's been 20 years since Princess Diana tragically passed away in a car accident in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997, and it seems as though the world will never stop grieving for the princess it lost too soon. One of Diana's closest friends, Elton John, paid... more info

PopSugar — It's been 20 years since Princess Diana tragically passed away in a car accident in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997, and it seems as though the world will never stop grieving for the princess it lost too soon. One of Diana's closest friends, Elton John, paid... more info

MSN Music — In 1997, the music legend reworked "Candle in the Wind" in the Princess of Wales' honor. more info

Stereogum — Billy Corgan just announced Oligala , his Rick Rubin-produced solo album, and now its lead single is out in the world. "Aeronaut" is a pensive piano ballad with slight orchestral flourishes, like an Elton John version of "Disarm." Listen below. more info

Stereogum — Arctic Monkeys leader Alex Turner is apparently a karaoke fiend. Earlier this year video emerged of Turner singing Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" with his Last Shadow Puppets bandmate Miles Kane, Lana Del Rey, and Tame Impala's Cam Avery:… more info

PopSugar — When Princess Diana died in August 1997, she left behind two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. William and Harry were 15 and 12, respectively, at the time and were wrapping up their Summer with their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, at Balmora... more info