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WELL, THAT'LL TEACH US TO SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT ELTON JOHN: John was pissed off when he arrived in Taiwan to discover that he was treated as an ordinary person and didn't have police protection:

The Taiwanese news channel ETTV showed the star, dressed in a royal blue tracksuit and matching sunglasses, clenching his teeth and muttering expletives as he stood with his arms crossed tightly across his chest.

"Rude, vile pigs!" he shouted. "Do you know what that means? Rude, vile pigs. That’s what all of you are."

One of the photographers shouted back: "Why don’t you get out of Taiwan?"

Sir Elton replied: "We’d love to get out of Taiwan if it’s full of people like you. Pig! Pig!"

The musician, who recently performed in Shanghai and Hong Kong, said: "We had a great tour of the Far East and then we come to Taiwan."

His spokespeople have attempted to explain away his hissy fit as being down to him being asked to go through the public immigration area.