Rocket Man Disses Material Girl
Elton John seems to think it's gonna be a long, long time before he attends another Madonna concert.
The Rocket Man voiced his negative opinion of the Material Girl during the British Q Awards in London Monday, where he was accepting a songwriting award and she was nominated for Best Live Act.
"Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds ($134) to see them should be shot," John griped from the stage in reference to Madonna's recent re-Invention Tour.
"Madonna, best [expletive deleted] live act? [Expletive deleted] off," the singer said before an audience of about 400. "Since when has lip-synching been live?"
"That's me off her [expletive deleted] Christmas card list but do I give a toss? No."
John was likely gratified that Madonna wound up losing the category to British rockers, Muse.
The outburst inspired a rapid response from Madonna, through her spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg.
"Madonna does not lip-synch nor does she spend her time trashing other artists," Rosenberg said in a statement.
"She sang every note on her re-Invention Tour live and is not ashamed that she was well paid for her hard work."
Rosenberg also indicated that the "Like a Virgin" singer wasn't taking John's jabs too seriously.
"Elton John remains on her Christmas card list whether he is nice...or naughty," she said.
No word as to whether he still rates a place on the Kabbalah holiday card list.
John's anti-Madonna statements mark his second public meltdown in recent weeks.
Last month, he exploded at paparazzi who mobbed him in a Taiwan airport before a performance in Taipei, calling them "rude, vile pigs."
The exchange was captured live by a Taiwanese cable channel and showed an outraged John clearing customs with his teeth clenched, muttering expletives. At his concert later, he told the audience that he meant every word he said and that the airport shutterbugs were the rudest people he had encountered anywhere in the world.
The volatile performer's new album, Peachtree Road, is slated for a November release and he resumes his Vegas show, Elton John: The Red Piano, this month at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
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