Elton John recounts on stage assassination: ‘Feared a shooting happened'

Elton John has just recounted the experience he had, where his fears overtook him and thoughts of an ‘assassination’ gripped the public.

He shared the entire thing in one of his most recent interviews with RadarOnline.

He started that conversation by saying, “Fans have often thrown things onstage when I'm playing, but usually it's been something reasonably soft. Not in Greensboro.”

Because on stage “as we plowed through a rendition of Burn Down the Mission, someone hurled a metal hash pipe toward the stage from the crowd,” and “I didn't see it coming,” John admitted.

“The silver pipe smashed against my temple, drawing blood, and I completely blacked out. The band kept playing because it took them a second to realize what had happened.”

“They told me later they thought I'd been shot because they saw blood pouring down my face,” the singer also noted.

“There were feathers everywhere. A paramedic was bandaging my head,” as well, he concluded by saying at the time.