‘Honky Château’: Elton John, ‘Rocket Man’ And A Rise To Superstardom

Let the Trolley be Your “Rocket Man” to Elton John at Petco Park

Let the Trolley be Your “Rocket Man” to Elton John at Petco Park Thursday, May 8, 2025 mts_mary Mon, 05/19/2025 - 11:04am Avoid traffic and parking headaches—Trolley takes you straight to the show San Diego – Music icon Elton John is set to bring the magic to Petco Park Friday, May 9, with a one-night-only performance for Curebound’s Concert for Cures, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is ramping up Trolley service to take fans…

Elton John was about to become a star when he released his number five album. "Honky Chateau" arrived on May 19, 1972. But no one had any idea how big the star was going to become after the album ascended on the charts as a supernova. Several changes in Elton John's approach to record creation probably had something to do with it. First, between him and his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. After creating two excellent introspective music albu…

‘Honky Château’: Elton John, ‘Rocket Man’ And A Rise To Superstardom

No one would argue that it was the American audience he discovered – and that discovered him – that helped Elton John conquer the world. But there were certain other locations in his early years of emergence that were vital in that victory. One of them was an 18th-century château in the French village of Hérouville where John set about making the follow-up to Madman Across The Water, Honky Château. Some 25 miles north of Paris, the château house…