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Mar 2022
48m 15s

Elton John

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Dua Lipa’s friendship with Elton John needs no explanation – look only to the charts to see how the whole world has embraced their hit 2021 single, “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” – but listeners of this week’s At Your Service will now get a coveted seat at the table while the pair talk shop. From tales of wild nights at Studio 54, to how some of his most memorable songs and moments came about because he’d been in the “right place at the right time,” Elton has some of the most unmissable stories at his fingertips, and he’s sharing them with all of you.

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