I attended an Elton John concert last March in Madison, Wisconsin with my wife (her idea...not mine...she loves him, I tolerate him). John played for about three hours and never delved into politics once. Not even homosexual issues. By the way, he sounds in concert exactly the same as he does on his records..er..recordings.
Its why I've always respected Elton John's work. He will not agree to perform at an event unless he plays live AND he is allowed to have his sound engineer run the boards and set up the equipment. He will not agree to backing tracks and lip syncing. His philosophy is people are paying hard earned money to see him and his band perform so its gonna be good and no corners cut!
Its why he was at one end of the stadium and not the center of the field when he played at the Super Bowl. You can't set up an entire band and get a decent sound if you have to roll everything on and off in under 20 minutes.
Say what you will but he is a professional performer and for that I respect him.
I saw him when he played at the Joe in Detroit. Elton played a few songs, commented about Reagan allowing AIDS to spread, then played a few more songs, pointed at the crowed now and then, kept playing more songs.... He’s a good performer but to blame Reagan for the spread of disease is ridiculous.
Back in the 80’s, gays knew of sexually transmitted diseases but did nothing to protect themselves (some still don’t today)and bragged about not using condoms for their (multiple) one night stands.
I have a few gay friends and even today they have some sort of death wish when it comes to aids, like they are predestine to get it even when they know it’s totally preventable.