Sekudlule iminyaka eyisikhombisa kwakhululwa icwecwe labo lokugcina elithi, 'The Captain & the Kid' (2006), le-albhamu entsha ka. Elton John, ukulinda isikhathi eside kwabalandeli bakhe ngokusobala abazovuzwa kahle ngokufika kwe-'The Diving Board' (El Trampolín), i-albhamu yamashumi amathathu nanye emsebenzini obanzi womculi waseBrithani. Ngokusho kwelebuli yakhe yokuqopha futhi ingaqinisekiswa ezingomeni zakhe zokuqala esezikhishiwe, 'I-Diving Board' Kuyi-albhamu lapho kuvame khona ama-ballads omculo, izingoma zomculo wepiyano kanye nezinhlamvu ezijulile, nalapho u-Elton John ekubeke kwacaca ukuthi usesho lwakhe kulo mcimbi belugxile ekwenzeni izinto zibe lula, ngokusekelwe emculweni waseMelika wakudala kakhulu.
U-Elton John uphendule nge-albhamu entsha kwabezindaba abakhethekile: “Inazo zonke izitayela engizithanda kakhulu emculweni waseMelika: ivangeli, umphefumulo kanye nezwe. Kuwukuthi manje ngenza kuphela umculo engizizwa ngikhululekile ngawo. Ngingakuqinisekisa lokho 'I-Diving Board' Yi-albhamu lapho upiyano kube ngumlingiswa oyinhloko kunanini ngaphambili futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ovuthiwe kakhulu engikwazile ukukwenza eminyakeni yami".kuchaza umculi.
Umqambi waseBrithani uzobuyela esiteji ngoSepthemba 20, ngesikhathi sefestiveli ye-iHeartRadio eLas Vegas (USA), ngemuva kokukhansela amakhonsathi ambalwa ngoJulayi ngenxa yokuhlinzwa kwe-appendicitis. Kuphinde kwembulwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi u-Elton John uzobamba iqhaza ohlelweni olulandelayo lwama-Emmy Awards (Septhemba 22), ehlonipha umculi wopiyano uLiberace nangesikhathi sokubamba iqhaza kwe-biopic yakhe. 'Ngemuva kwe-Chandelier' emiklomelweni, kuqokwe abangu-15. I-'The Diving Board' izoqala ukuthengiswa kusukela ngoSepthemba 16 ozayo futhi manje isiyatholakala ukuthi uyilalele yonke 'ngokusakaza' ku-amazon.com.
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