Elton urges artists to gig in pubs and snub X Factor

BY JANINE YAQOOB

The 77-year-old advises new artists to play in a pub. He believes that performing to very few people early on in his career stood him in great stead for when he became famous.
Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine the rocket man legend said: “Just keep trying to play live. That's the way you improve as a musician and songwriter.
“It doesn't matter if you're playing to 40 people. That experience stood me in great stead for when I became Elton John because I had backbone. And backbone is so impor-tant, because ...

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