Elton John is going to play at Donald Trump’s inaugural celebration? Definitely not

Saying it on TV doesn’t make it true: Elton John’s camp says he won’t be playing at President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural concert, despite a transition team member’s statement to the contrary.

“This’ll be the first American president in U.S. history that enters the White House with a pro gay-rights stance,� Anthony Scaramucci said in a clip from an interview to air today on the BBC program “HARDTalk� in the U.K. “Elton John is going to be doing our concert on the Mall for the inauguration.�

The “Tiny Dancer� singer’s New York rep disagreed, telling The Times on Wednesday, “Elton will not be performing.�

His London rep told BBC News, “There is no truth to this at all.�

Though Trump used some John songs during campaign rallies, it’s not a surprise that the latter won’t be rallying for the president-elect on Jan. 20. In February, before Trump became the GOP nominee, the “Rocket Man� singer tried to distance himself from U.S. politics.

“I don’t really want my music to be involved in anything to do with an American election campaign,� John told the Guardian shortly after a rep announced that Trump’s use of any of John songs was unauthorized.

“I’m British,� John said. “I’ve met Donald Trump, he was very nice to me. It’s nothing personal. His political views are his own, mine are very different, I’m not a Republican in a million years. Why not ask Ted … Nugent? Or one of those … country stars? They’ll do it for you.�

A few months later, after Trump became the GOP nominee, Elton was playing a different tune, and it wasn’t a love song to the Donald.

He played a solo concert at Hillary Clinton’s final pre-election fundraiser in October. At that big-ticket event, according to the Hollywood Reporter, he referred to Trump as a “barbarian,� while lavishing praise on the former secretary of state.

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