Elton John and Bernie Taupin had been honored with the celebrated Gershwin Prize for Widespread Track in a ceremony that aired Monday night time (April eighth) on PBS. Among the many acts who carried out of their honor had been Metallica, Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox, Garth Brooks, Brandi Carlile, and extra.
The ceremony truly passed off on March twentieth on the DAR Structure Corridor in Washington, D.C., and likewise featured Garth Brooks, Charlie Puth, Maren Morris, Jacob Lusk, and host Billy Porter.
Among the many highlights had been Metallica performing “Funeral for a Buddy” and “Love Lies Bleeding”; Mitchell singing her personal distinctive model of “I’m Nonetheless Standing” with Carlile and Lennox; Porter performing “The Bitch Is Again”; and extra.
Elton John himself closed out the night time with performances of “Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters,” “Saturday Evening’s Alright for Combating” and “Your Track” joined by Taupin.
“I’ve been writing songs with Bernie for 56 years, and we by no means thought that that someday this is perhaps bestowed upon us,” John mentioned of the Gershwin Prize. “It’s an unimaginable honor for 2 British guys to be acknowledged like this. I’m so honored.”
Taupin added, “To be in a home together with the good American songwriters, to even be in the identical avenue is humbling, and I’m completely thrilled to simply accept.”
See the total ceremony courtesy of PBS within the participant beneath, adopted by a photograph gallery of the occasion.
Picture Gallery – Elton John and Bernie Taupin Gershwin Prize Ceremony (click on to increase and scroll by):