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Elton John and Olly Alexander left the BRIT Award 2021 viewers awestruck on Sunday after performing their rendition of the Pet Shop Boy’s song It’s A Sin.
The music legend, 74, and Years & Years star, 30, teamed up for the event, leaving some fans to declare that their duet was ‘amazing’ and ‘the highlight’ of the night.
While others even gushed that the colourful performance of the song, which has been released as a single to support the Elton John AIDS Foundation, was ‘the best ever’ in the event’s history.
What a show! Elton John and Olly Alexander left the BRIT Award 2021 viewers awestruck on Sunday after performing their rendition of the Pet Shop Boy’s song It’s A Sin
Taking to Twitter after the incredible performance, one fan tweeted: ‘Elton John and Olly Alexander. I need to watch that again. That was brilliant #ItsASin #Brits’
While another impressed viewer penned: ‘#brits2021 Sir Elton John & Olly Alexander Absolutely Brilliant, one of, if not the best performances ever on the Brits.’
And someone else added: ‘Elton John, Years and Years, Pet Shop Boys….. bloody hell!!! That was heaven!’
Agreeing that the performance was fantastic, a fourth person wrote: ‘That’s the best performance I’ve ever seen at #thebrits #eltonjohn #ItsASin’
‘Incredible’: The music legend, 74, and Years & Years star, 30, teamed up for the event, leaving some fans to declare that their duet was ‘amazing’ and ‘the highlight’ of the night
Joining in the praise, a fifth person wrote: ‘That was incredible! Wasn’t Olly Alexander amazing and Sir Elton John the highlight of the Brits 2021’
And another viewer tweeted: ‘My goodness, @alexander_olly & @eltonjohn at The Brits – wow. Such an utterly beautiful performance…….. #TheBritAwards.’
The single is in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which was founded in 1992 and is one of the leading independent AIDS organisations in the world.
Elton and Olly had been majorly teasing their joint performance on social media in the lead-up the the ceremony, with their Instagram accounts and the Brits page all sharing words that spell out ‘It’s A Sin.’
Reaction: Some viewers even gushed that the colourful performance was ‘the best ever’ in the music event’s history
New music alert! The tune has now been released as a single in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation
Sir Elton got the rumour mill going on Monday night by posting the word ‘It’s’ on a brightly coloured background, before Years & Years dropped the word ‘A’ in an identical font.
Fuelling the speculation further, the official Brit Awards page then posted the word ‘Sin’, getting fans excited for what will no doubt be an epic performance.
It was reported that they’d be teaming up to perform a cover of the Pet Shop Boys’ hit It’s A Sin, which of course shares its name with the critically acclaimed series which starred Olly.
Elton was a huge fan of It’s A Sin when it aired on TV earlier this year and even shared his appreciation on social media.
Performing pals: Olly and Elton have forged a friendship since Olly stared in hit TV show It’s A Sin, with the music legend even inviting the cast to a dinner
Colourful: Olly lounged on the stage in a shimmering crop top and trousers while Elton played the piano
Dramatic: The 30-year-old singer donned a red cape as he perched on the piano
Going for it: He serenaded Elton before jumping into an energetic performance
Very impressive: Confetti sprayed out into the audience while Olly belted out the notes
He wrote: ‘It’s A Sin is an incredibly moving account of the arrival of AIDS in the UK in the 1980’s.
‘Watching it, so many sad and devastating memories came flooding back. Many people were callous, ignorant and cruel. Thank God we have come so far since then.
‘Hats off to @russelltdavies63 on creating this moving testament to a pivotal and important moment in LGBTQ history. The cast are sublime. Congratulations all round. A triumph of creativity and humanity.’
From multi-BAFTA Award-winning writer Russell T Davies, It’s A Sin follows the story of the 1980s, the story of AIDS, and charts the joy and heartbreak of a group of friends across a decade in which everything changed.
Putting on a show: Several backup dancers joined the star on stage
All for a good cause: The single is in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which was founded in 1992 and is one of the leading independent AIDS organisations in the world
With the host: Jack Whitehall jumped in for a snap with the musical duo
Fan: Elton became a huge fan of Olly’s performance as Ritchie Tozer in Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin (pictured with the show’s cast)
Olly starred alongside a cast of rising stars and celebrated favourites including Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry and Neil Patrick Harris and It’s a Sin has been universally praised by fans.
Davies, the writer and producer behind Queer As Folk, the 2005 revival of Doctor Who and Cucumber, loosely based It’s A Sin on his own experiences in the eighties.
He also spent hours in conversation with his childhood friend Jill Nalder, an actor, ally and activist who lived in London during the decade and is played by Lydia West in the drama.
Big night out: Elton was joined at the BRIT Awards by his husband David Furnish
Larking around? Jack and Elton seemed to be in good spirits as they chatted on the stage
Such a fan was Elton that he even invited Olly and the entire cast to dinner while on a phone call with the singer on his Apple Music 1 radio show in February.
He said: ‘I told you when I called you, when this COVID thing has calmed down I’m going to have all of you guys down for a dinner and we’re going to have the best time!’
He also praised the show as the ‘best thing’ he’s ever watched, saying: ‘I have to say, being a gay man and having lived through that time, this is probably one of the best things I’ve seen on television, ever!
‘For those of you who haven’t seen it, you must see it, it will have a lasting impact.’
