Aussie singer Delta Goodrem has revealed the special bond she has with music legend Elton John.
Delta, 38, has had an impressive career with a huge backlog of tracks and will be touring in the UK for the first time in April-May.
Her first encounter goes way back to her late teens when she was first diagnosed with cancer at 18.
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Delta is now “fighting fit” but says this was when Elton, 75, first reached out to her.
The former Neighbours star said: “In the early careers of me starting out in my career, I was so lucky to have support from artists in the UK, whether we were doing Top of The Pops or when Elton John first reached out to me when I was first diagnosed with cancer or for my first song.
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“When you’re first stepping into the world as an artist, Elton has such incredible impact and he’s so wonderful to the whole community, with artists, he has such authentic relationships.”
A couple of years after Elton reached out to her, she met him in person when she was in the UK for the Royal Variety Performance, where she performed with ex-partner and Westlife star Brian McFadden.
Delta previously spoke about her encounter with Elton and told The Irish Sun: “That same night, someone else in the room asked me if I thought the guy I was seeing was really right for me – and in the time that followed, I made some choices that completely changed the trajectory of my career in the UK.
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“It seemed like I was on front covers everywhere I looked – and for all the wrong reasons. All the focus was on my private life and none on my music, and it did put me off course there for a little while.
“When I circled back around these moments while I was making Bridge Over Troubled Dreams, I checked in with myself and reflected on that time and being in the UK, and it got me thinking, as the lyrics say, ‘Have I let you down, Rocket Man?’”
Delta then told us that she wrote the music star a song to let him know the impact he had on her during that time.
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She said: “It was called Dear Elton and I wrote him a letter in a song, from that particular era, and I sent it to him and he wrote the most beautiful words back and ones I’ll remember forever and he’s been a wonderful light.
“I think it was a very intense chapter when I was younger and I definitely feel like I’m so thankful to be in this wonderful moment of my life now, it’s so positive and I’m in a wonderful relationship, I’m raring to go and doing what I love.”
Delta will be playing four different UK venues – Glasgow on April 5, London on April 30, Birmingham on 2 May and Manchester on May 3.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
