Sir Elton John Honoured With First Ever BRIT Icon Award
Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
Sir Elton John has been honoured at the first ever BRITs Icon event. The new award was presented by Rod Stewart, who also joined John on stage for their first ever live performance together, a duet on Sad Songs (Say So Much).
John, whose achievements include 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, more than 250 million record sales worldwide and the biggest selling single of all time, Candle In The Wind 1997, played nine songs including I’m Still Standing, Your Song, Tiny Dancer and two songs from his forthcoming album 'The Diving Board'.
Full set list:
1. I’m Still Standing
2. Your Song
3. Philadelphia Freedom
4. Bennie And The Jets
5. Tiny Dancer
6. Home Again
7. Rocket Man
8. Mexican Vacation
9. Sad Songs (Say So Much) with Rod Stewart
The evening was hosted by Dermot O’Leary and included surprise video messages from RingoStarr, Yoko Ono, Ed Sheeran, Annie Lennox, EmilieSandé, Mumford & Sons, Billie Jean King, David Furnish and Bernie Taupin amongst others.
The BRITs Icon Award will become part of the established BRIT Awards stable, but will be celebrated at a separate stand-alone event each year. It will be presented only to iconic artists whose writing, recording and performances set them apart as having made a lasting impact on the nation’s culture, recognising the very highest level of British music achievement.
Before the show John said: "It's a tremendous honour and a real thrill for me to have my work acknowledged in this way, and I'm really looking forward to participating in what promises to be a very special occasion."
The event will be aired at 9pm (BST) on September 13 on ITV.
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John, whose achievements include 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, more than 250 million record sales worldwide and the biggest selling single of all time, Candle In The Wind 1997, played nine songs including I’m Still Standing, Your Song, Tiny Dancer and two songs from his forthcoming album 'The Diving Board'. 
