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"Sir Elton John has fully recovered and will return to the stage ahead of his Bestival headline show next weekend. The singer has been resting in his home in southern France throughout the summer, after being forced to cancel a number of shows due to an appendix operation.  John has been in rehearsals for a show at the London Palladium on Monday (September 2) where he will receive the first ever Brit Icon Award, before he headlines Bestival on the Isle of Wight on September 8. According to The Mirror, the star has told friends: &amp;quot;I feel great. I can&amp;#039;t wait to get back on stage.&amp;quot; John will release his 30th studio album The Diving Board in the UK on September 23 and a day later in the US. Watch the music video for Elton John&amp;#039;s new single &amp;#039;Home Again&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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