Elton John throws fit backstage at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: 'My plane is waiting!'

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00:00Elton John is a rock legend, but recently he rocked the boat backstage.

00:05Here with more is Carlos Greer.

00:07What happened with Elton?

00:08So you know it was a huge weekend, it was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

00:12Elton was there to honor Brian Wilson, the legendary Beach Boys founder, and he was a

00:17little upset.

00:18He was behaving like a diva in typical Elton John fashion, we've heard these stories before

00:24about him.

00:25And so he was backstage and we're told that he threw a bit of a hissy fit.

00:29A source told me that he was saying, what's wrong with you guys, you don't know what

00:33you're doing.

00:34But my favorite part is that he said, my plane is waiting.

00:39And so what was happening, I guess the show, it was a bit delayed.

00:42I was actually there, but it was only delayed like 20 minutes.

00:44But it was 20 minutes too long for Elton John.

00:48So he has his private plane waiting outside, you know, somewhere in Los Angeles at the Peacock

00:52Theater.

00:53And after 20 minutes, he's already getting a little antsy.

00:55That's classic diva.

00:56Yeah.

00:57Well, you know, saying 20 minutes, keep in mind, it's the whole show.

01:00Like Elton, he performed towards the end.

01:02But again, it was a bit too long for him to wait.

01:06He paid tribute to Brian Wilson and he played one of the Beach Boys songs, God Only Knows.

01:11Yeah.

01:12He performed God Only Knows.

01:13He didn't have his piano.

01:14He performed it, you know, mic, just Elton.

01:16And it was incredibly moving and touching performance.

01:19In fact, it was a very emotional night.

01:21You know, Salt-N-Pepa was honored.

01:22They were inducted.

01:23OutKast was inducted.

01:25They gave very emotional speeches.

01:26It was incredible.

01:27I love to hear that.

01:28And, you know, Elton John, you said, had a moment a couple decades ago where he had

01:34a little bit of a diva moment at VH1's Diva Live.

01:37Is that right?

01:38Oh, yeah.

01:39Everybody knows this story.

01:40So, in 1999, he performed with Tina Turner.

01:42You remember VH1, they used to do a show called Divas Live.

01:45He and Tina Turner were performing.

01:47She was telling him how to play Proud Mary.

01:49And, you know, she's spoken about it.

01:51So, she, the late Tina Turner, she gave an interview with Mike Wallace back, I believe,

01:54in, like, 2000 on 60 Minutes because they were supposed to go on tour together.

01:59And his behavior made her cancel the tour.

02:02He stormed off stage because she was, you know, giving him notes on how to play her song.

02:07And she said, the one thing you don't do, and she learned it, you don't tell Elton how

02:12to play his piano.

02:13Don't touch Elton's piano.

02:15Definitely not.

02:16They're both legends in their own right.

02:17And this is kind of what you want to hear about, you know, your favorite musicians.

02:21Some of that little diva behavior.

02:22It is, the show is called Divas.

02:24I expect nothing less than a little mini meltdown from Elton.

02:27Yeah, it was definitely a time, for sure.

02:29He's earned it.

02:30Well, I'm jealous you got to see the show.

02:31Thanks so much for sharing the story.

02:32Of course.

02:33For more on Elton and all the drama from your favorite celebrities, go to page6.com.

02:38Thanks so much.

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