"Her career is over, I can tell you that," Elton told Molly Meldrum at Saturday Night . "Her tour has been a disaster. It couldn't happen to a bigger c***."

He also slammed her choice of material for the "MDNA" album, saying "If Madonna had any common sense, she would have made a record like 'Ray of Light' and stayed away from the dance stuff, and just been a great pop singer and make great pop records, which she does brilliantly."