Elton John praises Madonna for “heartfelt” tribute to AIDs victims on ‘Celebration Tour’

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Elton John has shared his praise for Madonna, following the pop sensation making a “heartfelt” tribute to AIDs victims during her ‘Celebration Tour’.The legendary singer-songwriter and pianist shared his appreciation for the Queen of Pop in a new post on social media – thanking her for shedding light on the struggle faced by AIDs victims.“We’re deeply moved by the heartfelt tribute from @madonna during her Celebration Tour performance of ‘Live to Tell’, honouring the 40.4million people we’ve lost to AIDs,” Sir Elton last night (October 26) alongside an image of the singer during one of her recent performances.“Thank you, Madonna, for your advocacy and compassion, and for raising important awareness of the ongoing mission to end AIDS,” he added, sharing the post with his 4.7million followers on the platform.“With 39million people living with HIV today, 9.4million of whom are not currently on life-saving treatment, we must keep using our voices and platforms to ensure everyone has the opportunity to live full and healthy lives.”A post shared by Elton John (@eltonjohn)The praise from Sir Elton – who has long worked with AIDs charities – comes following the two previously being engaged in various feuds across their careers.

This was most recently seen back in 2019 when the ‘Rocket Man’ singer branded Madonna “ungracious and nasty” after hearing about the comments she had made towards Lady Gaga.Here, Sir Elton recalled Madge’s famous feud with Gaga in his memoir Me, and explained how, in turn, it led to his own dispute with the Queen of Pop.“I used to make fun of [Madonna] for lip-syncing on stage, but the problem really started when she ran Gaga down on an American chat show,” he wrote.The chat show appearance he recalled.