Radio Elton John

SHOW NOTES:

Recorded: 25 March 2026  Released to Platinum subscribers: 28 March 2026. 

Presenter: George Matlock, Executive Producer: Hezikor Kadouri

Welcome to ENCORE! on REJ.World.

FULL EPISODE: As Elton John turns 79 RPM, Pinner celebrate with a special song, Elton's Birthday Parade Broadcast, and we catch up with tribute artist Paul Bacon who once performed a gig for Elton's mum's 90th birthday party! Neil Barrett also joins us for a serious look at Elton's music. And Paul debuts Serious Songs.

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Neil Barrett examines whether Bernie Taupin enjoyed his creativity being examined in this expose of Town of Plenty, the opening track of 1988 album Reg Strikes Back.

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Artist Andre Miripolsky tells George Matlock how he has teamed up with Elton John, David Furnish and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Andre's now famous painting Elton Takes Manhattan 1980 will be premiered at Elton's Oscar Night Party this year.

All proceeds from the sale of prints of the painting will be donated by Andre to the Elton John AIDS Foundation

Pop-up stores start in Dubai this year and London is early on the list!

Andre teams up with former Elton manager Ray Williams to launch Fear No Art Initiative benefiting artists affected by natural disasters.

Andre explains it all in this news bulletin episode for Radio Elton John | REJ.World and eltonjohn.world

This interview was conducted on 24 Janaury 2026.

Don't forget to catch Andre explaining more about the painting when he was our guest in August 2025. Full free episode now available on Silver.

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Recorded: 24 Jan 2026  Released to Platinum subscribers: 31 Jan 2026. 

Presenter: George Matlock, Executive Producer: George Matlock

Welcome to Season 5 of the show, rebranded as ENCORE! on REJ.World.

FULL EPISODE: Alan McCormick was a very popular Elton John fan who set up Wrap It Up!, the mail order service which became a lifeline for Elton fans to buy Elton music and memorabilia before the internet was even born.

Along with guest Peter Thomas, Alan campaigned for more of Elton's music to be made available. Peter has claimed that a little over 50 percent has ever been released.

When this show is released on Silver on 7 February 2026 it will mark a decade since we lost Alan after a short illness. Sadly, Alan never saw a lot of rare items on general release with the Jewel Box of 2019.

Alan's musician son Ben McCormick joins Peter to discuss Alan's life and how the vast stock of Elton music was cleared - it took 12 months after valuations.

Alan was also a personal friend of presenter George. Hear how they worked together in this special edition as Radio Elton John enters its 5th year on air!

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Neil Barrett gives us a gust of Heels of the Wind, the 1981 track from album The Fox.

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