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Sir Elton John has teased Lady Gaga's fans can expect "fantastic" new music.
The 68-year-old musician - who named Gaga the godmother of his two sons Zachary and Elijah - has heard new tracks from the star's as-yet untitled fourth solo studio album and told fans they can expect great things from the collection.
He said: "She's in the throes of writing her new album and I've heard some of it and it's absolutely fabulous.
"She's been doing lots of different things but I can tell you I've heard a couple of things from her new album and it's really, really fantastic."
The Candle In The Wind hitmaker - who can now be listened to on Amazon Prime Music along with other Universal Music Group artists including Kanye West, The Rolling Stones and Katy Perry - previously performed with Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards in 2010.
And they sang separately at the Rock for the Rainforest concert in the same year, when Elton claims music legend Bruce Springsteen said he wished he had recorded Gaga's chart-topping hit 'Bad Romance'.
Speaking on his Beats 1 show, he recalled: "We were all on stage together at the Rainforest [Fund] Concert in New York, with Bruce Springsteen, Sting and James Taylor. And Springsteen was saying, 'God I wish I'd have written that song', you could hear Bruce actually singing 'Bad Romance', it's a real Springsteen type song."

Carly Rae Jepsen is "so grateful" to Justin Bieber.
The 29-year-old singer found fame with her song 'Call Me Maybe' which became a huge hit after the 21-year-old popstar tweeted about it and both Justin and his former girlfriend Selena Gomez appeared in the music video.
Carly told Huff Post Live: "If I had known he was going to tweet about it, I would have been hiding under a rock. It was life-changing. It all of a sudden got all of this attention.
"I'm so grateful to him and to Selena and everybody for that. It's one of those things you don't really know how to ever pay back."
And Carly also revealed she is a huge fan of Justin's new music, including comeback singles 'What Do You Mean', and 'Where Are You Now'.
She said: "I love his music, it's probably the best stuff I've heard from him so far. As a young musician you're constantly changing and I love what he is doing."

Kendrick Lamar will perform with a full orchestra next month.
The rapper will perform songs from his 'To Pimp a Butterfly' album at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington DC on October 20.
An announcement on the venue's website reads: "Kendrick Lamar brings his unique brand of jazz-infused hip-hop to the NSO Pops for a one-night-only performance featuring some of Lamar's biggest hits and cuts from his lyrical masterpiece 'To Pimp a Butterfly'."
Steven Reineke, who is in his fifth year as Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the performance.
Kendrick released his third studio album 'To Pimp a Butterfly' to critical acclaim earlier this year and revealed he inspired to make an album void of "catchiness" following the success of his second record.
He explained: "I wasn't in the space creatively to make any other type of record. I didn't have the urge to. You've got three singles on 'good kid, m.A.A.d City': 'Swimming Pools (Drank)', 'Poetic Justice', and 'Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe'. This time, I said to myself: 'I don't want the catchiness.' I want people to live with [the album] and dissect it for a long time."

Zane Lowe thinks Zayn Malik's solo material is "really good".
The Beats 1 DJ has heard a sneak peak of the former One Direction singer's forthcoming music and thinks people will be impressed when they hear it.
Speaking in the new issue of Heat magazine, he said: "I heard something by Zayn and it was really good. I don't know what people expect but he sounds great."
And Lowe suggested the songs will be very different to the 22-year-old star's work with his former band.
He added: "People will be drawn to his music in a different way."
It was recently claimed Zayn is planning to move to America.
The singer is currently Stateside working on solo material and doesn't look set to move back to the UK any time soon as he was reportedly heard chanting "f**k London" at a party recently.
A source said: "He definitely seems happier over there and doesn't act as though he wants to come back to the UK any time soon.
"It's the lazy Californian lifestyle he loves. What he said at the party sums up his attitude. He's done with Britain."

Olly Murs is "gutted" he missed out on a number one with Jason Derulo's 'Want To Want Me'.
The 'X Factor' host originally recorded the song but after he struggled to hit the high notes, he passed it on to the 'Talk Dirty' hitmaker and is now regretting not trying to make the pop track work for his voice.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Olly was a bit gutted to see it go on and become the song of the summer. But he has no hard feelings.
"He still likes listening to it. Although he has admittedly had a few doubts about whether he should have tried harder to make it work for him rather than letting another artist have it."
The single has been one of the biggest-selling songs of the summer and has been top of the charts around the world, including reaching number one in the UK and going multi-platinum in the US.
Meanwhile, the 31-year-old pop star recently split up from his girlfriend property manager Francesca Thomas, 26, and reportedly had concerns about their relationship because he puts his music first.
A source previously said: "The split has just happened and it is very raw for Olly, he still feels numb.
"He always worried that his relationship would struggle because he'd always put his career first."

Bon Jovi were forced to cancel their concert in Taipei on Monday (28.09.15) due to a looming typhoon.
The 'Always' rockers were set to perform at the TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taiwan as a part of their Bon Jovi Live tour, but were advised by local weather forecasters to pull the show after residents were told "to cease all school and work" as Typhoon Dujuan prepared to hit the area.
The band released a statement, which confirmed: "Due to the impending Typhoon Dujuan, and in accordance to the decision made by the Taipei City Central Weather Bureau to cease all school and work for September 28th, the Bon Jovi Live in Taipei 2015 show, which was originally scheduled for September 28th, will be cancelled. The second show on September 29th will go on as scheduled. Doors will open at 5:30 PM, and the show will begin at 7:00 PM (sic)."
The news follows as the band were banned from performing in China earlier this month.
Though no official reason was given for the cancellation, it is thought to be due to the band using imagery of the Dalai Lama during previous shows in Taiwan in 2010.
The band are expected to play the rest of their tour dates, including a second performance at TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall tonight (29.09.15)

Bon Jovi's forthcoming tour dates:
Thursday 1 October Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Du Arena
Saturday 3 October Hayarkon Park, Israel

Justin Bieber says Kanye West is unlike any other artist he has ever worked with.
The pair are collaborating on Justin's comeback album and the 21-year-old pop star loves the 38-year-old rapper's "creative input".
He explained: "I'll play a song, and he'll be like, 'Man this reminds me of like...a blacklight sunset,' or something. He'll try to paint these pictures for you. It's not the average way. He doesn't just come in and say, 'This sounds good; this sounds bad.' He'll be like, 'This is this because the world needs this.' He comes from a whole different point of view."
Justin also claimed that he is "breaking barriers" with his recent collaborations with Skrillex and Diplo, including their song 'What Are U Now'.
He told Complex magazine: "I've gotten all of these different modes, and try to dive into different ideas, and I finally came up with something that was pretty genius. I have these collaborations with Skrillex and Diplo, like 'Where Are U Now' that just took off. This is their first top 10 record. It just shows that we're breaking barriers in the EDM world.
"I think people have been trying to do it for a while, making dance music, like Usher and all of those people, but I don't think it's been done in the right way."

Shane Filan wants the chance to perform his new music on 'The X Factor'.
The former Westlife star has just released his second solo album 'Right Here' and he's hoping for a call from his friend Simon Cowell - who along with Louis Walsh guided the boy band to phenomenal success - inviting him to during the talent show's live episode.
Speaking to exclusively to BANG Showbiz, he said: "It'd be nice to hear from Simon. Westlife were on 'The X Factor' loads of times over the years, but we were one of the biggest bands around. But I'm just a solo artist starting out now, if you get the biggest song in the world then you'll get on 'The X Factor' but if you don't, you won't, because you're competing against some of the biggest acts in the world, you're competing against everyone in America all the biggest acts in the UK and there's only 15 slots or whatever it is. I'd love to get on this year but I'm very realistic about where I am at in my solo career and I'm building this again and it takes time and great songs. I feel I have a couple of great songs on this album so we'll see where it ends up in the next couple of months."
Although Shane would love to get on 'The X Factor' and feels loyal to the music mogul he'd also be interested in performing on rival TV show 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
He said: "'Strictly...' is the same as 'X Factor' they're both massive TV shows, I'd love to get on that but you're competing with so many artists.
"Look, if I get on either of those shows then I'll know my album is really working."
Shane's next single from 'Right Here' is 'I Could Be', a duet with former Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle.

The Strokes are recording new music.
The band - whose last album 'Comedown Machine' was released in 2013 - have confirmed that they are back in the studio together, working on new material.
Frontman Julian Casablancas told fans at the Landmark Music Festival in Washington, DC on Sunday (27.09.15) that they are making progress and many took to Twitter to share the happy news.
One fan wrote: "we'll be back soon. we'll be back in the studio and s**t" -julian casablancas re: the strokes 09/27/2015 #confirmed (sic)."
Another person tweeted: "At @LandmarkFestDC, @Casablancas_J just confirmed @thestrokes are in the studio" while yet another tweet read: "We'll be back in the studio" - Julian Casablancas :') #thestrokes #LandmarkFestDC (sic)."
Julian, also fronts The Voidz, and previously insisted he would like to work with both bands if he can.
Speaking about getting back in the studio with The Strokes, he said: "It's the first time we've been exclusively writing since 'Comedown Machine'. We're planning on recording stuff. I still think we could do cool things and I'll do that. I'd like to do both [bands] really if I could."