'Tube-avoiding' Sir Elton John 'wants helipad for his New Year gig'!Byline: ANI London, December 30 (ANI): Sir Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. has reportedly asked to be transported in a helipad hel·i·pad n. See heliport. A prepared area designated and used for takeoff and landing of helicopters. (Includes touchdown or hover point.) for his New Year's Eve party at London's 02 Arena. The English singer, who was said to be hosting the biggest bash ever, wanted to arrive with hubby David Furnish fur·nish tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es 1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for. 2. , since he could not be bothered with using the underground train, as per a source. "Elton hasn't requested anything outrageous, all he's asked for is a helipad... he simply wasn't up for getting the Tube," the Mirror quoted a source as saying. The composer-pianist's gig Slang for "gigabyte" or "gigabit." See GB. gig - gigabyte would reportedly be also transmitted live in New York's Time Square. The source added: "It's going to be the biggest, most spectacular New Year's Eve party in the world. "The fact that it's being picked up across US networks is a massive deal - it means his audience is going to be in the millions." (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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