Elton John told the Scissor Sisters that their proposed third album wasn’t up to scratch, causing the band to rewrite and record the entire album.

The initial follow up to 2006’s ‘Ta-Dah’ was played to Elton by the band’s guitarist, reports The Sunday Times. “We had a whole album of material but we just weren’t sure we believed in it,” says frontman Jake Shears.

“Babydaddy played it to Elton John, and next thing I get a call from Elton. He just says, ‘This isn’t it, this isn’t the record. It’s just not right.’ So I went to Berlin and pressed the reset button. I had to be by myself, and dream, be sexy and, you know, be bad.”

'Night Work’, the Scissor Sisters’Stuart Price produced version of the third album – which features a spoken word cameo from Sir Ian McKellen - is set for release on June 28, 2010.

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