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Sir Elton John doubles down on his hate for shows 'like The X Factor' as he highlights the importance of supporting young artists


Sir Elton John has doubled down on his hate for shows 'like The X Factor' as he highlighted the importance of supporting young artists.

The legendary musician, 78, previously claimed that gaining fame from these sorts of competition shows is 'the worst thing that can happen to you in the music industry'. Sir Elton John has doubled down on his hate for shows 'like The X Factor' as he highlighted the importance of supporting young artists in a new interview with Capital on Thursday (pictured in 2013) He added: 'I was in a band at 17, became a songwriter with Bernie Taupin and wasn't successful until we'd had six years of hard graft and disappointment, as well as great times.

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