--- title: Elton John Falls Off Chair: Video description: Sir Elton John topped out of a chair at a tennis game canonical: https://time.com/3624270/elton-john-chair-fall-angle/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-08T22:10:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:07.044Z og:title: Elton John Falls Off Chair: Video og:description: Sir Elton John topped out of a chair at a tennis game og:url: https://time.com/3624270/elton-john-chair-fall-angle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte59c8b8fa5179d57/69876d7b524fc0a08ddeb450/460111660.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 460111660 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elton John Falls Off Chair: Video twitter:description: Sir Elton John topped out of a chair at a tennis game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte59c8b8fa5179d57/69876d7b524fc0a08ddeb450/460111660.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Elton John Fall Out of a Chair From More Than One Angle  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 8, 2014 10:10 PM UTC  during day five of the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 7, 2014 in London, England. during day five of the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 7, 2014 in London, England.Jordan Mansfield—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 8, 2014 10:10 PM UTC Renowned singer-songwriter Sir Elton John is going viral after video emerged showing him falling out of his chair at a charity tennis game on Sunday. (Don’t worry, he seems to be fine.) Another angle: He was co-hosting the event, Mylan WTT Smash Hits (World Team Tennis), with tennis legend Billie Jean King at Royal Albert Hall in London to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Other tennis greats, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, and Kim Clijsters, were also in attendance. They may have better luck with their seats, though. Elton John Falls Off Chair: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3624270/elton-john-chair-fall-angle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3624270/elton-john-chair-fall-angle/"},"headline":"Watch Elton John Fall Out of a Chair From More Than One Angle","datePublished":"2014-12-08T22:10:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:07.044Z","description":"At a tennis match","url":"https://time.com/3624270/elton-john-chair-fall-angle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte59c8b8fa5179d57/69876d7b524fc0a08ddeb450/460111660.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte59c8b8fa5179d57/69876d7b524fc0a08ddeb450/460111660.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"460111660","caption":"elton john falls off chair","creditText":"Jordan Mansfield—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3624270/elton-john-chair-fall-angle/","name":"Watch Elton John Fall Out of a Chair From More Than One Angle"}}]}] ```