Elton John‘s farewell tour Down Beneath is bound shaping as much as be an thrilling set of exhibits, and that is particularly because of Ian “Molly” Meldrum.
Viewers members at John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Highway live performance at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Friday evening acquired the shock of their lives when the Aussie larrikin dropped his pants on-stage.
Meldrum, 79, was within the viewers on the present, when John, 75, paid tribute to the music critic.
Watch the video above.
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“He is fairly truthfully a nationwide treasure,” John instructed the group from the stage. “I wish to thank him for all of the love and loyalty he is proven me over time. I really like you.”
When John began singing The B–ch Is Again, Meldrum then got here onto the stage. John and Meldrum hugged and kissed, earlier than Meldrum pulled down his pants and mooned the group.
Social media customers rapidly went into meltdown when footage of the seconds-long cheeky second was shared.
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“Count on the surprising (molly meldrum) on the elton john present tonight lmfao,” one Twitter consumer wrote.
“If seeing Molly Meldrum’s naked bum was in your 2023 bingo card, right here you go,” consumer @oztish wrote alongside footage.
“Not fully certain why. Unsure Elton was thrilled. I do know I would not. However Molly will all the time be Molly!” journalist Peter Ford mentioned.
Meldrum and John have been longtime pals, although they have been notably on the outs for seven years after a controversial interview about Madonna.
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The previous Countdown host wrote in his 2016 e-book Ah Properly, No one’s Good that footage from the interview, by which John lashed Madonna, did air – regardless of John and Meldrum believing the dialogue to be “off the file” on the time – after a producer allegedly went behind Meldrum’s again.
He mentioned he was “not on the prime of [his] sport” following a critical mind harm sustained from a fall in 2011, noting the remarks weren’t meant to be broadcast.
”I assume I ought to have been extra in charge of the ultimate edit and authorized the story earlier than it went to air,” Meldrum wrote.
“Elton nonetheless thinks it was all my fault, and refused to speak to me when he toured Australia in 2015,” he continued.
“I am tempted to cite a line from one among my favorite motion pictures: ‘Frankly, my pricey, I do not give a rattling’. However the reality is, I do give a rattling. I really like Elton.”
In 2019, the pair labored out their variations throughout a personal assembly John organised when he was again in Melbourne for his first Farewell Yellow Brick Highway tour.
John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Highway tour continues in Sydney subsequent week, along with his last Melbourne present happening tonight.
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