When Sir Elton John was left with blood flowing down his face in a startling gigattack, it raised suspicions that a crazy fan had killed him on stage.
According to Knewz.com, the 77-year-old Rocket Man was dragged away from his piano at a Greensboro, North Carolina, show after his band members believed he had been shot.
A metal hash pipe thrown at him by a drug user in the audience was later found to have impacted the music legend’s temple, causing him to “black out” and causing blood to flow down the side of his face.
“When I’m performing, fans have frequently thrown objects onstage, but it’s usually something fairly soft,” John stated. Not in Greensboro.
“A metal hash pipe was thrown toward the stage from the audience as we were tearing through a performance of Burn Down the Mission. It caught me off guard.
He went on: “I totally blacked out when the silver pipe struck my temple and drew blood. It took the band a moment to comprehend what had happened, so they continued to play.
“They told me later they thought I’d been shot because they saw blood pouring down my face.”
Former Mr. Universe Jim Morris, John’s bodyguard at the time, played a significant role in his performance.
Morris pulled John to the side of the Coliseum stage while wearing his full feathered suit after he was knocked unconscious.
John remembered: “Feathers were all over the place. My head was being bandaged by a paramedic.
John claimed that in spite of the situation, it has now turned into one of his “favorite” tour-related experiences.
He talks about the experience in his new book, Farewell Yellow Brick Road, which is filled with startling anecdotes from his time traveling the world as a sensation, including a memory of how he fought excruciating vocal cysts while performing in Australia.
The I’m Still Standing hitmaker claimed that although he had previously struggled with vocal exhaustion, things became more severe after his tour reached Sydney.
John claimed that when he “coughed and spat up wads of gunk” on the first night in between gigs, he knew he needed medical assistance.
He described how he “couldn’t carry on croaking his way through shows” and how a Sydney specialist diagnosed him with vocal cord cysts.
“Too many people were involved in the tour and too much money was at stake,” the singer wrote in response to the doctor’s directive that John cancel the remainder of his gigs for the week. I still wanted to sing, though.
“I was worn out and in pain by the tour’s final night, which was set for December 14. I was hardly able to speak.
John claimed that he found the show intimidating because it was also being shown live.
“I wasn’t sure if I could do it,” he acknowledged. But before I even reached the car, I turned around. I wanted to make a big impression if this was my last performance.
The singer mustered the bravery to continue the performance, but as he reached one of his most well-known songs, things took a different turn.
“I could feel myself faltering on Rocket Man as we performed,” he remarked. I was afraid my voice would turn off the audience.
I didn’t want to quit in the middle of the show, though. I always think it’s important to give the supporters my all, and I did just that that evening.”
John had throat surgery three weeks after his Australian performances, but he was still able to tour, despite claiming that his voice sounded a little different.
John recently lost his sight after years of severe health issues. He developed “low vision” after contracting a bacterial infection in his right eye in France earlier this year, which has since spread to both.
Following his prior prostate cancer treatment, the rocker’s health has been updated.
Additional health-related problems In his latter years, John experienced complications such as pneumonia in 2020 and the need for a stent to enlarge his heart’s arteries in 1999.
Along with having misdiagnosed appendicitis that almost killed him in 2013, he also had hip and knee replacements.
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