The 69-year-old musician was performing at the Leicestershire County Cricket Ground for 17,000 fans on June 11 when he hit out at stewards who were attempting to prevent fans from leaving their seats to dance, reported Daily Mirror.
"Security guards, sit down or I'm not going to do the rest of the concert and you'll end up in trouble. Now sit down," John said.
The fans were thrilled that their favourite stood up for them, with one saying, "Hated the fun police who wouldn't let me stand at the end of the row so I could see... After Elton intervened we were able to stand, dance and drink in the 30m of grass which separated us from the next block."
A representative for Elton said, "Elton played a full set of well over two hours. He did ask a few of the security people to relax and let the audience stand up and dance if they wanted to.
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