Elton John has opened up about what he wants his epitaph to be, just months after he confessed breaking down in tears when confronted with his own mortality. The legendary singer, who recently turned 78, confessed: “On my tombstone, I want nothing to do with Crocodile f***ing Rock. I just want it to say ‘He was a great dad.’” The star, who shares sons Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11, with husband David Furnish, 62, made the admission on stage in the London Palladium as he and Brandi Glanville were interviewed by Schitt's Creek creator and star Dan Levy as part of their special one-night-only concert at the venue on Wednesday night.

The one-off event, billed as An Evening With Elton John And Brandi Carlile, saw the pair play tracks from their new collaborative album – Who Believes In Angels? The intimate gig was attended by lucky competiton winners who had pre-ordered the album and VIPs including The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood and ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. it has since been announced the show will be broadcast on ITV on April 19th.

Throughout the evenng the pair performed songs from the album including the title track “Who Believes in Angels?,” which was released earlier this year.

Brandi played some of her solo classics such as The Joke and The Story. She also joined Elton in performing some of his all-time greats, such as I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues and Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.

Elton confessed he made the album to help introduce Grammy-winning star Brandi to UK audiences. "She’s not that well known in the United Kingdom or around the world.

"I wanted to make this album to be with the most fantastic artist and musician and songwriter, but I also wanted her to have the publicity and the chance for the rest of the world to see how great she is."

The album and Elton's performance came less than two months after Elton admitted breaking down while recording a song on the album.

"Bernie Taupin (Elton's lyricist) gave me a lyric for a song called, 'When This Whole World Is Done With Me', and I'm writing the verse (music) quite quickly, and I think this is a really lovely verse.

"And then I get to the chorus, and I find that it's about my death, my demise. And as a 76 year old man, which I was at that time, and having children and having a husband, mortality, and you think about,'How long have I got? How long? I hope I've got much longer than maybe I've got [left].'

"And so by the time I got to the chorus and suddenly realised that I started singing it (and) I lost it for 45 minutes. It was a very, very heavy moment for me," he confessed.