Well, Chris Martin has the jokes tonight for our ICON Award recipient, 🚀 #iHeartAwards2021 /AzU2LPKv57įollowing the musical performance, Lil Nas X took a more serious approach, saying, “To me he’s a trailblazer to those who live their lives freely and unapologetically. Martin identified John as the writer of “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” and said he failed at being an actor, “but it led to an incredible song called ‘I’m Still a Stand-In.'” He capped his comedy set by saying he was a fan of “the romances” in John’s catalog, “particularly the one he wrote for his husband’s parents, ‘Don’t Let Your Son Go Down on Me.'” There followed such punchlines as: “Elton John was born in the U.S., and he and his collaborator, Bernie Sanders, worked and lived together in an apartment that his parter David furnished. “I got into a very difficult fistfight with the guy who runs the teleprompter,” said the Coldplay frontman, mock-conceding that “I don’t know anything about Elton John” and would be relying on the largess of the man running the scroll.

Martin set the salute into motion with a comedic introduction full of groaners. Te Tera Faulkner and Dave Porecki packs down alongside Johnson-Holmes in the front row while theres a new lock pairing in Jed Holloway.

performs onstage at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Dolby Theatre. TEAM NEWS: Waratahs - Nine changes for the Tahs this week.

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