Elton John to duet with Spacey

Elton John is to team up with Oscar-winning star Kevin Spacey to perform a series of duets at a star-studded charity concert, it was announced today.

They will run through some of the flamboyant musician’s biggest hits to raise cash for the Old Vic Theatre in London, where the show takes place – with tickets up to £1,000 (€1,540).

Also on the bill for the concert on February 5 are Mercury Prize winner Ms Dynamite and Texas star Sharleen Spiteri, in one of her first appearances since giving birth last year.

Each of the acts will perform hits by Elton John, who is chairman of the Old Vic Theatre Trust, and it is his first fundraising task since taking up the position last year.

Spacey, who took a best actor Oscar for his role in American Beauty, is a board member of the trust and showed off his vocal skills in a concert at the venue to aid September 11 victims.

Others taking part in the show are US jazz star Diana Krall and her new partner Elvis Costello, as well as Lulu and Ireland's own Sinead O’Connor.

Elton John and Spacey have worked with Old Vic chief executive Sally Greene to create the bill.

A spokesman fort the event said: “They have put together a truly spectacular evening with an extraordinary line-up of guests, who will sing some of Elton’s best-loved songs.”