Elton John has revealed that he and his friend David Bowie fell out 40 years ago and never patched it up.
In a 1970s interview, Bowie dubbed Sir Elton “rock 'n' roll's token queen” and, as a result, the musicians' friendship came to a sudden end.
Elton, now 68, recalled the incident in The Evening Standard. "David and I were not the best of friends towards the end," he said. "We started out being really good friends. We used to hang out together with Marc Bolan, going to gay clubs, but I think we just drifted apart. He once called me “rock’n’roll’s token queen” in an interview with Rolling Stone, which I thought was a bit snooty. He wasn’t my cup of tea. No; I wasn’t his cup of tea".
However, the musician wanted to acknowledge the manner in which Bowie dealt with his death. "But the dignified way he handled his death, I mean, thank God. I knew he’d had a heart attack on stage in Berlin years ago, but not about the cancer. Everyone else take note of this: Bowie couldn’t have staged a better death. It was classy".
