Sir Elton John says he loves Billy Elliot the musical even more now that he is a father and plans to take his son to watch it one day.

The music legend, who has an 18-month-old named Zachary, wrote the music for the successful show which has just celebrated seven years and 3,000 performances in London's West End.

He said: "If you don't have a good time at this show then there's something wrong with you.

"If it doesn't move you, if it doesn't affect you; the dancing, the humour, the singing and everything, the storyline...

"It's a show that I hope will go on and I can take my little boy to see it when he's five or six."