Singer Rod Stewart appeared to reignite his feud with longtime frenemy Sir Elton John after he mocked the Rocket Man singer on stage before issuing an apology.
Stewart, 77, poked fun at his fellow pop legend at a concert this week when he mimicked playing the piano wearing a pair of very Elton John-esque round sunglasses.
Sharing the moment on Instagram, Stewart joked: “Still love you, Elt. Rod xxx.”
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Rod donned a pair of silver sunglasses, stuck his teeth out and mimicked the Tiny Dancer musician.
In the clip and photo, Stewart is wearing a sequined jacket that is highly reminiscent of John’s signature style.
Fans were quick to react to the controversial clip, with one gushing: ” Omg im going mental laughing Rod so cool.”
Another said: “Another added: “Hmm wonder if Elt will have a response lol.”
The pop legends have been embroiled in a feud for decades and have famously traded jibes and barbs with each other for more than half a century. They even have nicknames for each other; Sharon and Phyllis.
The feud reportedly started when Elton was playing in the band Bluesology in the 70s and Stewart covered his song Country Comfort but altered the lyrics, which greatly upset John.
“He changed the lyrics, something I complained about at length in the press.
“He sounds like he made it up as he went along! He couldn’t have got further from the original if he’d sung ‘The Camptown Races,’!'” John complained of the situation in a 2019 op-ed for the Daily Mail.
Rod also famously proclaimed that Elton’s farewell tour was “money-grabbing” and “not rock ‘n’ roll”
Elton said of their relationship: “We’ve spent nearly fifty years constantly taking the p*** out of, and trying to put one over, each other.”
Their feud which was reignited in the 80s when John had a blimp that was promoting Stewart’s tour shot down.
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“So I called my management and they hired someone to shoot it down: apparently it landed on top of a double-decker bus and was last seen heading toward Putney,” Elton wrote about the prank.
After an hour Rod called and was spluttering, “Where’s my balloon gone? It was you, wasn’t it? You cow!'”
Stewart is said to have gotten him back when he sabotaged a poster promoting John’s tour.
“It was mysteriously cut down immediately after it was put up. I learned this had happened from Rod, who seemed curiously well-informed. ‘Such a shame about your banner, love. I heard it wasn’t even up five minutes. I bet you didn’t even get to see it'” Elton said.
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