Elton John on his lockdown album with Dua Lipa, Stevie Wonder and others

The 74-year-old was in fine form in advance of his visit to Cork next year, as he spoke about his ongoing love affair with music

 Elton John regularly used Zoom to work on the collaborations for The Lockdown Sessions. 

When lockdown hit, Elton John could feel life becoming smaller. The 74-year-old had been in the middle of an expansive farewell tour (a big soppy, drawn-out goodbye that will include a stopover at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork on July 1, 2022). But then along came Covid and he did the same as the rest of us. Stayed in doors and waited for the storm to blow over.

“I never ever thought I was going make [music] during lockdown,” Elton says over Zoom from London. “I had no plans to make any music at all.”