How to listen
How do we listen to Radio Elton John?
Since June 2024, Radio Elton John episodes can only be heard in full from one place, radioeltonjohn.world, or rej.world You can hear several free episodes in full in the Silver experience, and you can also hear 5-minute previews of episodes. But to hear most of the episodes you will need Platinum experience membership.
With Silver or Platinum, you don’t need to worry about any fancy software or downloads. Simply use the integrated player on our website rej.world.
If you choose to purchase episodes with Gold plan, you can download the audio file and text transcript onto your PC and use your native media player to enjoy.
What is the difference between Silver and Platinum experience membership?
Silver experience allows you to sign up with your email and to designate the country from where you are listening. We need this for licensing regulations. With 150 countries tuning in it has become necessary to know more about our listeners.
Silver experience is totally free. No credit card is required. It allows you access to a small selection of full episodes of Radio Elton John’s flagship show Saturday Night’s Alright (for Podcasting).
For less than the price of a takeaway coffee, Platinum experience allows you to hear any and all of the episodes in full. You can check out the short previews first. So you know what to expect. And then make your purchase. Radio Elton John owns the copyright and by law you may not share the episode. You can stream the purchased episode(s) from rej.world anytime. Just log in!
Platinum experience allows you to stream all our back catalogue of episodes – now numbering more than 40 – as well as the next episodes of the monthly show Saturday Night’s Alright (for podcasting). To avoid interruption of play, you automatically renew each month unless you cancel. Just login to continue to enjoy access.
Why do we have to pay for Radio Elton John?
Eltonjohn.world and Radio Elton John receive no other source of income. Yet Radio Elton John now reaches 150 countries and the number of listeners has exceeded our expectations in the years since we began broadcasting in 2022. That has increased our costs of delivery, and we also had to tighten security for both Radio Elton John and its main website eltonjohn.world to ensure stable and reliable content delivery to you.
Although a lot of news about Elton is online and free, many respected media do charge for access to content. And many free media are fake news that cloud your experience and misrepresent Elton. Your payment helps ensure the independence of our editorial and supports our impartiality and integrity.
Plus ask yourself this: would an Elton biographer give away his book? After all the research and work that he or she put into their book? An audiobook typically takes 3-5 hours to play. We have more than 40 hours of content. So that’s more than 8 books’ worth of content right there!
The “free” alternative would be advertising, AI-driven fake or slanted news and distractions that slow down your enjoyment of our content.
We are super grateful for the many letters of support we received upon launching Radio Elton John and hope that many of you will understand that we continue to offer value for money.
You can find out more about our decision to go subscription-based here.
How do we pay for Radio Elton John?
Radio Elton John has teamed up with PayPal and charges in US dollars. So you can use your bank card, credit card or bank account to make payments. Whatever means of payment you link with PayPal can be used, including any credit on your PayPal account. PayPal is a world leader in safe reliable global transactions.
What does my money buy?
No one likes to go from free to subscription – even if many good-willed fans would be happy to make a donation. That is why we have kept the prices as low as possible. Works out at less than 7 cents a day!
We don’t have funding from any other source to run a professional website eltonjohnworld and its new sister site rej.world
The “free” alternative would be advertising and distractions that slow down your enjoyment of our content.
Although a lot of news about Elton is online and free, many respected media do charge for access to content. Some free media is also delivering fake news, clouding your experience and misrepresenting Elton. Your payment ensures the independence of our editorial and supports our impartiality and integrity. Thank you.
Plus ask yourself this: would an Elton biographer give away his book? After all the research and work that he or she put into their book? An audiobook typically takes 3-5 hours to play. We have more than 40 hours of content. So that’s more than 8 books’ worth of content right there!
The content of Radio Elton John is exclusive. You will not find another programme like it. The presenter, George Matlock, personally knows many of his guests having run the Hercules UK fan club in the 1990s and has worked with several performers linked to Elton. As a professional journalist, George knows the questions that matter to fans and how best to work with guests to get fresh angles you will not read about elsewhere. The shows are also intended to be entertaining. Many guests have offered positive testimonials about their experiences on Radio Elton John.
Our podcasts are no longer available elsewhere in full episodes, so we would encourage you to join our community on rej.world
You can find out more about our decision to go subscription-based here.