Stevie Nicks, Eddie Vedder and more for Elton John's new album
It also features Miley Cyrus' cover of 'Nothing Else Matters'
Last updated 2nd Sep 2021
The Rocketman himself, Elton John, has drafted in a clutch of rock icons for his upcoming 32nd studio album ‘The Lockdown Sessions.’
Released on Friday 22nd October 2021, ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ is a collaborative album that was predominately recorded over the past 18 months while Elton John paused his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks appears on the 16-track album’s penultimate song ‘Stolen Car’, while Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder guests on a track called ‘E‑Ticket.’
For the final track on the record, Elton John guest performs on late country legend Glen Campbell’s 2014 track ‘I’m Not Gonna Miss You.’
Elsewhere, ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ features Miley Cyrus’ haunting cover of Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’, which also appears on the San Francisco metal band’s upcoming 53-track charity album 'The Metallica Blacklist'.
Previously premiered in June, ‘Nothing Else Matters’ also features Elton John on piano alongside Watt (Ozzy Osbourne producer Andrew Watt), Yo-Yo Ma, Metallica’s Robert Trujillo and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith.
Other artists on Elton John’s ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ from across the music world include Gorillaz (their 2020 collaboration with Elton, ‘The Pink Phantom’), Dua Lipa and Stevie Wonder.
Commenting on ‘The Lockdown Sessions’, Elton John said: “The last thing I expected to do during lockdown was make an album. But, as the pandemic went on, one‐off projects kept cropping up and I’ve ended with a selection of really interesting and diverse stuff that was completely different to anything I’m known for, stuff that took me out of my comfort zone into completely new territory.
“I realised there was something weirdly familiar about working like this. At the start of my career, in the late 60s, I worked as a session musician. Working with different artists during lockdown reminded me of that. I’d come full circle: I was a session musician again. And it was still a blast.”
Elton John joined forces with Ozzy Osbourne on the Black Sabbath singer’s 2020 track ‘Ordinary Man’, however that song doesn’t appear on ‘The Lockdown Sessions.’
Elton John - 'The Lockdown Sessions' tracklisting:
1) Elton John & Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart’ (PNAU Remix)
2) Elton John, Young Thug & Nicki Minaj – ‘Always Love You’
3) Surfaces feat. Elton John – ‘Learn To Fly’
4) Elton John & Charlie Puth – ‘After All’
5) Rina Sawayama & Elton John – ‘Chosen Family’
6) Gorillaz feat. Elton John & 6LACK – ‘The Pink Phantom’
7) Elton John & Years & Years – ‘It’s a sin’ (global reach mix)
8) Miley Cyrus feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith – ‘Nothing Else Matters’
9) Elton John & SG Lewis – ‘Orbit’
10) Elton John & Brandi Carlile – ‘Simple Things’
11) Jimmie Allen & Elton John – ‘Beauty In The Bones’
12) Lil Nas X feat. Elton John – ‘One Of Me’
13) Elton John & Eddie Vedder – ‘E-Ticket’
14) Elton John & Stevie Wonder – ‘Finish Line’
15) Elton John & Stevie Nicks – ‘Stolen Car’
16) Glen Campbell & Elton John – ‘I’m Not Gonna Miss You’
The real names of famous rock stars, including Stevie Nicks and Eddie Vedder:
Cozy Powell’s real name: Colin Trevor Flooks
Alex Lifeson’s real name: Alexandar Živojinović
'Lifeson' is a semi-literal English translation of the Yugoslavian surname Živojinović, which means 'son of life'
Ginger Baker's real name: Peter Edward Baker
John 5’s real name: John William Lowery
Yngwie Malmsteen’s real name: Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback
Rudy Sarzo’s real name: Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont
Eric Carr's real name: Paul Charles Caravello
Vinnie Vincent’s real name: Vincent John Cusano
Tina Turner’s real name: Anna Mae Bullock
King Diamond’s real name: Kim Bendix Petersen
Joey Tempest's real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
Michael Monroe’s real name: Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm
Mikkey Dee’s real name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou
Jonathan Cain’s real name: Jonathan Leonard Friga
Nikki Sixx's real name: Frank Ferrano
Steven Adler’s real name: Michael Coletti
Axl Rose's real name: William Bruce Rose
Bon Scott's real name: Ronald Belford Scott
Fish’s real name: Derek William Dick
Eddie Vedder's real name: Edward Louis Severson III
Peter Criss’ real name: George Peter John Criscuola
Freddie Mercury's real name: Farrokh Bulsara
Flea's real name: Michael Peter Balzary
Perry Farrell's real name: Perry Bernstein
Geddy Lee’s real name: Gary Lee Weinrib
Mick Mars' real name: Robert Deal
Tré Cool's real name: Frank Edwin Wright III
Courtney Love's real name: Courtney Michelle Harrison
Pat Smear's real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg
Gene Simmons' real name: Chaim Klein Witz
Spike’s real name: Jonathan Gray
Iggy Pop's real name: James Newell Osterberg, JR.
Alice Cooper's real name: Vincent Damon Furnier
Slash's real name: Saul Hudson
Mike Dirnt's real name: Michael Ryan Pritchard
Ronnie James Dio's real name: Ronald James Padavona
Brody Dalle's real name: Bree Joanna Alice Robinson
Skin's real name: Deborah Anne Dyer
Nicky Wire's real name: Nicholas Jones
Amy Lee's real name: Amy Lynn Hartzler
Bill Wyman's real name: William Perks
Izzy Stradlin's real name: Jeffrey Isbell
Paul Stanley's real name: Stanley Eisen
Vince Neil's real name: Vincent Neil Wharton
Duff McKagan's real name: Michael McKagan
Jack Black’s real name: Thomas Jacob Black
Lemmy's real name: Ian Fraser Kilmister
John Paul Jones' real name: John Baldwin
Joan Jett's real name: Joan Larkin
Eric Clapton's real name: Eric Patrick Clapp
Siouxsie Sioux's real name: Susan Janet Ballion
Rachel Bolan’s real name: James Richard Southworth
David Bowie's real name: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Little Richard's real name: Richard Wayne Penniman
Sid Vicious' real name: John Simon Ritchie
Ace Frehley's real name: Paul Daniel Frehley
Lou Reed's real name: Louis Firbank
Joe Strummer's real name: John Graham Mellor
Marc Bolan's real name: Mark Feld
The Edge's real name: David Howell Evans
Meat Loaf's real name: Marvin Lee Aday
Steven Tyler's real name: Steven Victor Tallarico
Ozzy Osbourne's real name: John Michael Osbourne
Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi
Joey Belladonna’s real name: Joseph Bellardini
Jack White's real name: John Anthony Gillis
Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson
Sting's real name: Gordon Sumner
Billy Idol’s real name: William Michael Albert Broad
Geezer Butler’s real name: Terence Butler
Pat Benatar’s real name: Patricia Mae Giraldo
Bo Diddley’s real name: Ellas McDaniel
Muddy Waters’ real name: McKinley Morganfield
Stevie Nicks’ real name: Stephanie Lynn Nicks
Doro’s real name: Dorothee Pesch
Sebastian Bach’s real name: Sebastian Philip Bierk
Joe Perry’s real name: Joseph Pereira
Jimi Hendrix’s real name: James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix)
Zakk Wylde’s real name: Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt
Maynard James Keenan’s real name: James Herbert Keenan
Blaze Bayley’s real name: Bayley Alexander Cooke
Biff Byford's real name: Peter Rodney Byford
M. Shadows' real name: Matthew Charles Sanders
Syd Barrett's real name: Roger Keith Barrett
Chris Jericho's real name: Christopher Keith Irvine
Ginger Wildheart's real name: David Leslie Walls
Paul Di'Anno's real name: Paul Andrews
Phil X’s real name: Theofilos Xenidis
Peter Green’s real name: Peter Allen Greenbaum
Nicko McBrain’s real name: Michael Henry McBrain
Noddy Holder’s real name: Neville John Holder
Steel Panther’s real names
Michael Starr: Ralph Michael Saenz, Satchel: Russell John Parrish, Stix Zadinia: Darren Leader, Spyder: Joe Lester.