Cracks have been appearing in the ice for some time and now it seems one of pop’s frostiest feuds has officially thawed. Elton has admitted his nearly decade-long war of words with Madonna is at an end.

The pair have been exchanging insults since 2004, when Elton, 66, accused Madonna, 54, of lip-syncing in her live concerts. Even David got in on the act at last year’s Golden Globes ceremony, criticising the Material Girl’s directing career and declaring: “She should stick to what she’s good at.”

But relations seemed to hit rock bottom in August 2012 when Elton told an Australian TV channel that Madonna “looks like a fairground stripper” adding “her career is over – she’s such a nightmare”.

He claimed the comments were intended to be off the record, so when the feuding pop stars coincidentally dined at the same restaurant, La Petite Maison in Nice, France, a few days later, he felt obliged to apologise. And now he wants to set the record straight. “She came in and I sent over a note,” he tells US television show Extra. “She was very gracious. I apologised profusely because what I said should never have appeared in public. She accepted our apology and then we bought her dinner. She was really great about it. I was very relieved because she had every right to say ‘I don’t want to talk’."

A few days later Madonna dedicated a song to him at a concert in Nice.

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