H.E.R., Demi Lovato honour Elton John with iHeartRadio awards medley

Elton John was honoured with an Icon Award finally night time’s (Could 27) iHeartRadio Music Awards, the place plenty of artists additionally carried out a medley of his greatest hits.

H.E.R., Brandi Carlile and Demi Lovato had been readily available on the Los Angeles ceremony to carry out ‘Bennie and the Jets’ and extra.

After being launched by the present’s host Usher as “one of many biggest artists of all time,” Coldplay frontman Chris Martin then jokingly learn out a collection of faux information about John from a teleprompter, referencing his hits together with ‘Uptown Lady’.

Lil Nas X then joined the phase to pay tribute to John, with the legendary singer afterward returning the thanks, saying the ‘Outdated City Street’ singer is “an exquisite artist [with] balls of metal.”

After the award was introduced, the three-way medley of John’s songs started. H.E.R. was up first, taking part in ‘Bennie and the Jets’ on the piano, earlier than Carlile performed ‘Don’t Let the Solar Go Down on Me’ and Lovato rounded off the medley with a rendition of ‘I’m Nonetheless Standing’, which John joined in for at its climax.

Watch the efficiency and John’s Icon Award acceptance speech beneath.

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Elsewhere on the iHeartRadio Music Awards final night time, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande teamed up to carry out their ‘Save Your Tears’ remix. The Weeknd started the efficiency alone onstage to a masked viewers, earlier than being joined by Grande, who delivered her new verse and duetted on the refrain.

The collaborative remix arrived again in April alongside an accompanying, sci fi-styled animated music video. The efficiency marked the remix’s dwell debut.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak additionally made their second dwell efficiency as Silk Sonic finally night time’s awards, performing debut single ‘Go away The Door Open’