Elton John has revealed that he is self-isolating with husband David Furnish and sons Elijah, 7, and Zachary, 9, amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
The Rocketman legend, 72, took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal that he was spending the day inside playing Snakes and Ladders with his family to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Elton is currently self-isolating in his Los Angeles mansion after performing in Australia earlier this month on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, he has since postponed his American leg of shows amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
Staying safe: Elton John has revealed that he is self-isolating with husband David Furnish and sons Elijah, 7, and Zachary, 9, amid the global coronavirus pandemic
The singing legend, whose successful career has spanned more than fifty years, is said to have purchased the house in 2012 for £6million, he owns six properties in total located in California, Atlanta, London, Windsor, Nice and Venice.
Elton even joked about owning too many properties in a 2016 interview with The Telegraph, he said: ‘I’ve too many homes, probably, but I love them. It’s a matter of creature comforts.
‘It’s nice to stay in your own place, and you just accumulate them. Anyway, I’m not as bad as Keith Richards. He turned up in Paris once and he’d forgotten where he lived!
Lavish: The Rocketman legend, 72, and his husband David, 57, regularly share glimpses into their different properties across the world on their social media accounts with their LA property having Versace upholstered chairs
Home cinema room: The singing legend, whose successful career has spanned more than fifty years, is said to have purchased the house in 2012 for £6million, he owns six properties in total located in California, Atlanta, London, Windsor, Nice and Venice
‘To be honest, a normal night for me would be putting the kids to bed, reading them a story, and then having dinner with David at home.’
In Elton’s Instagram snap on Thursday, the musician teased a glimpse of his lavish kitchen complete with two different state-of-the-art coffee machines, an artistic glass light fixture and white marble counter tops.
He penned: ‘Thank-you @kevinbacon for the nomination!! #IStayHomeFor @davidfurnish and our boys. Today it’s snakes, ladders and staying inside to stop the spread of coronavirus. Who are you staying home for?
‘Please post your own #IStayHomeFor photo with a sign like mine and tag six of your friends asking them to do the same. My six nominations are – @teddysphotos @samsmith @taron.egerton @sharonstone @sharonosbourne and @sam_fender!’
‘TOO many homes!’: Elton even joked about owning too many properties in a 2016 interview with The Telegraph, he said: ‘I’ve too many homes, probably, but I love them. It’s a matter of creature comforts.’ (Elijah, 7, and Zachary, 9, pictured)
Dreamy: Other details in the LA property include a large swimming pool overlooking the Hollywood Hills and a family cinema room
Elton and his husband David regularly share glimpses into their different properties across the world on their social media accounts, with the musician previously revealing that he wants a ‘LA Seventies rock star look’.
In their LA mansion, the couple have a large dining area with a glass table, Versace upholstered chairs, white pillars and an expensive glass vase collection.
While the lounge has a large L-shaped sofa with pieces of valuable art on the wall, vases of orchards and a stunning black grand piano taking centre-stage.
Other details in the property include a large swimming pool overlooking the Hollywood Hills and a family cinema room.
Idyllic: Meanwhile, Elton and David’s home in Windsor has several lavish details such as sprawling garden for their two children to play in
Lovely: The family regularly have summer picnics in the grounds which they share to Instagram
Fun: The property is complete with a large lake to feed ducks (Elijah, 7, and Zachary, 9, pictured)
Meanwhile, Elton and David’s home in Windsor has several lavish details such as sprawling garden complete with a large lake to feed ducks and alphabetically marked shelves to store tapes and CDs.
While the couple always share their Christmas festivities and decorations to social media, which include tastefully decorated trees and beautifully gift-wrapped presents.
It comes after the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye revealed that Elton has accelerated plans for his latest musical by collaborating with one of the UK’s top directors on a show about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Father-and-son: Elton has alphabetically marked shelves to store tapes and CDs, he previously told The Telegraph: ‘To be honest, a normal night for me would be putting the kids to bed, reading them a story, and then having dinner with David at home.’
Stunning: The couple always share their Christmas festivities and decorations to social media, which include tastefully decorated trees and beautifully gift-wrapped presents
Festive: A different snap of Elton and David’s Christmas tree in their home, with a Rudolph banner and light-up star
The rock superstar has put his faith in Rupert Goold, who runs London’s Almeida Theatre. Goold also made the feature film Judy starring Renee Zellweger, who won a best actress Oscar last month for her heartbreaking portrait of Judy Garland.
Elton has been in Los Angeles with his band to record new material he has written with Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears. The five songs from the LA sessions will join the numbers that Elton and Shears have worked on for the past eight years.
Playwright James Graham has written a new book that will focus on Tammy Faye’s colourful life from her 20s to her mid-50s, some of it spent with her cheating preacher husband Jim Bakker.
Exciting: It comes after the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye revealed that Elton has accelerated plans for his latest musical by collaborating with one of the UK’s top directors on a show about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker (pictured in February)
Pictured: Rupert Goold photographed in London for Leopoldstadt, February 2020
Goold, who directed Graham’s hit play Ink, about how The Sun newspaper was created by Rupert Murdoch, told me he has been in extensive talks with Elton, the star’s husband David, and Joseph Smith, who runs the couple’s Rocket Stage division of their entertainment company.
Pictured: US televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker
They are casting the main roles for a workshop to be held in London in late April, although this is likely to be postponed due to the current coronavirus pandemic.
Of the lead, Goold told me: ‘It’s a big singing role and a great comic part, so we’ll need a comedienne for the workshop to look at the songs already written, and the new songs.’
He said they’re working to a timetable that could see the show premiering at the Almeida next year. He noted that the current ideas for the set would fit on the Almeida stage. ‘The show might grow, so we’ll see, but we’re interested in the Almeida for it initially.’
When I last talked to Elton he said he was drawn to creating a show about Tammy because, while most Christian preachers lashed out at gay people, Tammy Faye ‘had a willingness to preach acceptance amid a world that was so quick to pass judgement’.
Elton will work on the show’s new tracks with top recording engineer Matt Still. The songs will then be handed over to Martin Koch, who will orchestrate them for the theatre.
Back in the 1980s, Tammy Faye electrified congregations with her elaborately coiffed hair and outlandish fluttery eyelashes.
She and Bakker lived in tasteless opulence. Their dogs had air-conditioned kennels, and the couple held a wedding ceremony for Tammy’s Yorkshire terrier and poodle.
Elton’s hit shows include the Billy Elliot musical, which won accolades in the West End and on Broadway, and The Lion King, which is in its 21st year in London. Rocketman, a musical movie inspired by Elton’s life, enjoyed box office and critical success last year.