Joni Mitchell makes rare public appearance at Sir Elton John's 70th birthday bash
SEVENTIES music legend Joni Mitchell made a rare public appearance at the weekend when she joined a host of stars to celebrate Sir Elton John’s birthday party.
Joni Mitchell made a rare public appearance at the weekend
The singer-songwriter looked delighted to be invited and was clearly on the mend after suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015.
The Big Yellow Taxi star, 73, looked elegant wearing a silver top, which she customised with jewellery, and with her hair swept into a chignon.
Joni, who was pictured at the party in a wheelchair, looked elegant in a silver top which she customised with jewellery and swept her hair into an elegant chignon.
The singer has long led a reclusive lifestyle, retreating inside her Spanish-style villa for extended periods of time.
The singer-songwriter looked delighted to be invited
She has lived in the Bel-Air home alone since 1974.
She said in 2013: “Yes, you can call me a recluse. I like living alone.”
The Canadian-born singer built up a huge following in the 1960s and 70s and went on to win eight Grammys.
Her success peaked in the mid-1970s and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Susanna Reid live from Elton John's Oscar party in 2008
Ms Mitchell is a former heavy smoker, starting at the age of nine and only quitting in 2010.
She has also overcome polio and scarlet fever.