During a performance Elton John paused to pay tribute to his late friend George Michael.
Elton sang “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” — which the entertainers sang together in 1990. He sang with a large image of Michael was projected onto the screen behind his band.
At one point, John was seen wiping away tears as he told the audience he wished “George was here to sing it with me.”
“On Christmas Day, George Michael passed away, which was one of the saddest moments of my career because I’ve known George Michael more or less since the start of Wham! and got to know him very well, played with him, recorded with him,” the singer said onstage. “It was the most awful news because he was on the road back supposedly to good health.”
“Apart from his music, which is outstanding … more than anything as a human being he was one of the kindest, sweetest, most generous people I’ve ever met,” said John. “He gave so much money to so many great causes without telling anybody.”
Watch a little of the performance and speech.
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