Celebrities have been endorsing products for years, including everything from Ronald Reagan appearing in Chesterfield cigarette ads (during his acting years, not his presidential terms), through to Kate Moss flogging mascara.

But simply appearing...

Elton John has launched an iPod range, blinging up a line of nanos for his charity, the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

The "stunning" starburst Swarovski encrusted nanos have been designed exclusively for Elton and the cause, and are available...

Elton John is beating The Beatles to the punch and going digital. From next Monday his entire back catalogue of 400 tracks will be available via iTunes exclusively for a month until 30 April, when it will be made available through other music services....