Elton John has a candle room!

London, July 25 – ‘Candle in the Wind’ singer Elton John actully has a candle room!

The singer, who lives in a lavish mansion in the US with his husband David Furnish, adores the mood lightings so much he has an entire cupboard filled with them for him to use whenever he wants, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

‘My favourite part was his candle room… it was like a big cupboard thing and he had candles in every room, and it smelled amazing. So clean,’ said British pop rock band McFly singer Danny Jones, who recently visited the music legend’s house with his bandmates.

While he clearly loves candles, Elton also collects vases, and has so many there is hardly a clear surface in his entire home.

‘His place is full of art, it’s like a museum. Vases! He collects vases and there’s not enough room on the table to put your drink down,’ said McFly.

Danny’s bandmate Dougie Poynter, who appears in the band alongside Harry Judd and Tom Fletcher, had a great time looking around the lavish home, but was terrified he’d end up breaking something.

‘He had a statue that was from 200 BC or something, you know, the really old Greek-style things? The people from ‘The Lion King’ bought one to say thank you for all the songs. I could quite easily just have knocked it over,’ said Poynter.

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Elton John working on 'Animal Farm' musical

Melbourne, July 24 : Legendary singer Elton John is working on a new show based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' alongside Lee Hall, who wrote the hit musical 'Billy Elliot'.

The Daily Mail reports Hall, who has won numerous awards for his book and lyrics for 'Billy Elliot,' believes the dystopian novella is perfectly suited for the stage.

Orwell''s story is about a piglet called Napoleon who destroys a rival and rides roughshod over other opponents in his bid to control the old Manor Farm.

"I''m deep into it, writing songs for pigs and other four-legged friends," the Herald Sun quoted Hall as saying.

"Having worked with him on Billy Elliot, I know that Elton likes to have the lyrics done and have them in front of him so I''ll work on a batch before I give him anything to look at.

"I would think it''s going to take about two years before it''s all ready to go," he added.

Hall and his associates have spent a long time to get various rights necessary to bring the 1945 classic to the stage.

"It''s taken about two years," he said.

"We almost gave up but there was always that one last licence to go after," Hall added.