Overview

• Elton John posted Instagram photos on Friday showing him in a hospital bed with a neck brace and glittering casts surrounded by flowers and cards.
• He clarified in the caption that the scene was backstage with Spinal Tap and that the casts and brace were props, not real injuries.
• Spinal Tap II opened in cinemas on Friday as a sequel to the 1984 cult mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.
• John appears as a guest member in the sequel and contributes two tracks to the soundtrack titled Listen to the Flower People and Stonehenge.
• Fans initially sent worried messages before many noted the staged details, with some followers lightly scolding the prank.