Elton John Teary After Performing At White House & Receiving Medal From President Joe Biden

It’s Elton John’s world and we’re conscionable surviving successful it! Following his epic collaborations with some popular princesses Dua Lipa and Britney Spears, the legendary British singer/songwriter, 75, was amazed with a National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden astatine the White House connected Friday nighttime (September 23). Elton became teary eyed arsenic the President and First Lady Jill Biden came up connected signifier to contiguous him with the grant aft his electrifying show connected the South Lawn.

First Lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden awarded Elton John with a Humanities medal successful September 2022. (Shutterstock)

“I’m ne'er flabbergasted, but I’m flabbergasted and humbled and honored by this unthinkable grant from the United States of America,” Elton said portion flooded with emotion, per The Washington Post. “I volition treasure this truthful much.”

The Grammy winner, who was invited to D.C. by the President to grant his planetary combat against HIV/AIDS, praised “America’s kindness to maine arsenic a musician,” calling it “second to none,” and vowed to proceed his efforts to eradicate the disease.

“We’re joined by truthful galore radical that he’s acceptable escaped to beryllium themselves, to beryllium treated with dignity and respect they deserve,” Biden said, per the outlet. “Families and advocates successful the combat against HIV/AIDS. A combat that helium has led with sheer will, a​​​ combat for those lives mislaid and those lives we tin save. Leaders lasting up for equality of each people, nary substance who you are, oregon who you love.”

During the performance titled “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” which was portion of Elton’s farewell circuit aft a 50-year career, the instrumentalist  performed a fig of deed songs, including “Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Rocket Man,” “Crocodile Rock” and “I’m Still Standing.”

Among the 2,000 guests who were invited to the lawsuit were erstwhile archetypal woman Laura Bush, tennis champion Billie Jean King, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Elton’s husband, David Furnish.

Elton’s past show astatine the White House was mode backmost successful 1998, erstwhile helium performed alongside Stevie Wonder astatine a authorities meal for then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair hosted by erstwhile President Bill Clinton.