Courteney Cox recalls ‘nerve-wracking’ experience playing piano with Elton John

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Courteney Cox Recalls ‘Nerve-Wracking’ Experience Playing Piano With Elton John
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By Alex Green, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter

Courteney Cox has revealed she had a last-minute piano lesson to prepare for a private performance with Sir Elton John.

The Friends star is a close friend of Ed Sheeran, who recently invited the pop veteran over to her home for dinner.

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The 57-year-old actress, who played Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom, used lockdown to improve her piano-playing and called her teacher for an impromptu lesson, which finished just as John was arriving.

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Courteney Cox said playing piano with Sir Elton John was nerve-wracking but thrilling (Matt Crossick/PA)

Appearing on The Graham Norton Show, she said: “I learned to play in lockdown, but then Ed Sheeran invited Elton John to dinner at my house and suggested we all perform together.

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“So I called my piano teacher and 20 minutes later he was walking out as Elton was walking in.

“It was the scariest, most nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever done, and it was the thrill of my life.”

Cox is friends with chart-topping singer-songwriter Sheeran through her partner, Johnny McDaid, who plays keyboard and guitar in Snow Patrol.

Speaking about reprising her starring role in the new Scream film, she said: “I can’t believe I am in it again, and I couldn’t believe they were doing another one, but it’s great – funny, gory and really scary.

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“It’s just heightened. Everything in the world changed, and it had to keep up – it’s relevant.”

– The Graham Norton Show airs on Friday on BBC One at 10.35pm and is also available on iPlayer.

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