speaking to a music journalist, it s monday, the 26th of june. of the most serious threat to vladimir putin s grip on power, still no sightings of two men at the center of this crisis. go get screened. fergie says she s screened herself for cancer and urges earn else to get checked. also, the health minister, on weather they ll look at review board expectations for the staff. the point is to have a process where you have expert advice. this isn t no way to run a country. they should have been sorting these out a long time ago. we should have never ended up in this position. keeping the legend alive, andy murray tells sky news he wants to play on for as long as he can. i want to keep playing for a bit longer. i know it s not going to be going on forever, but i have an idea when i would like to finish, and it s not this year s wimbledon. beyond the yellow brick road ohhhh reaching the end of his road with his final live uk performance, sir elton. what do
i think so. i think he will work out how he s going to perform. whether he will do the bigger hits like this again or whether he will find a way for it to work, we will see. as for sir elton john, we ll hear more records. what about deborah harry. she sung. the time has come but i m holding on i want to be your number one love her, love her, love her. how does she get on? absolute legend. in an afternoon obviously i mean she absolutely stood out as true sort of icon that she is.
to talk about the gospel music that got to her first and singers like the great gospel singer clara ward that were a huge influence. in later years, aretha was a walking event, an icon and a treasure. she survived a lot of health scares and she gave fewer interviews when her life took a more reclusive turn. i was honored to sit with her here in new york back in 2012 for what became our fim conversation. i had no idea for the longest kind of time that i could sing. clara ward who was one of my mentors along with my dad came to our church, the new bethal baptist church out in detroit and she sung. we used to have programs after the service in the morning. she sung and i knew that was what i wanted to do. i said that s what i want to do. after hearing her and she just she tore up the church.
to our church, the new bethal baptist church out in detroit and she sung. we used to have programs after the service in the morning. she sung and i knew that was what i wanted to do. i said that s what i want to do. after hearing her and she just she tore up the church. does the act of singing make you feel closer to god? of course, yes, when i m singing gospel and other things, it depends what i m singing. > tell me what amazing grace means to you. amazing grace is just that. his amazing grace. it has brought me a long way. and my god, i would never have dreamed that i would sing for prince charles and the queen and meeting lady di in the receiving line in london. and 20 grammys later, the national national medal of the