Elton John has revealed that he’s bodily unable to see the brand new musical for which he wrote the music, saying that he has misplaced nearly all of his eyesight after struggling an eye fixed an infection.
The singer-songwriter attended the opening evening of The Satan Wears Prada in London on Sunday.
“I haven’t been in a position to come to most of the previews as a result of, as you realize, I’ve misplaced my eyesight. So it’s arduous for me to see it. However I like to listen to it and boy it sounded good tonight,” he informed the viewers from the stage, whereas thanking his husband David Furnish, “who has been my rock.”
In September, John revealed {that a} extreme eye an infection he contracted in France over the summer season had left him with “solely restricted imaginative and prescient” in a single eye and completely with out eyesight within the different.
(L to R) – Shaina Taub, Sir Elton John and David Furnish converse on stage at “The Satan Wears Prada Musical” charity gala evening in help of the Elton John Aids Basis at The Dominion Theatre on December 1, 2024 in London, England.
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“I’m therapeutic, however it’s a particularly sluggish course of and it’ll take a while earlier than sight returns to the impacted eye,” he wrote in an Instagram publish on the time.
“I’m so grateful for the superb group of medical doctors and nurses and my household, who’ve taken such excellent care of me during the last a number of weeks.”
Chatting with ABC Information final week in regards to the new Disney+ documentary Elton John: By no means Too Late, he was requested in regards to the standing of a possible new album.
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“I don’t know. It’s been some time since I’ve finished something, and I simply must get off my bottom. Sadly, I misplaced my eyesight in my proper eye in July as a result of I had an an infection within the south of France, and it’s been 4 months now since I haven’t been in a position to see. And my left eye’s not the best. So there’s hope and encouragement, and it is going to be OK, however I’m sort of caught in the intervening time,” he informed Robin Roberts.
“As a result of I can do one thing like this [interview], however going into the studio and recording, I don’t know as a result of I can’t see a lyric, for a begin. We’re taking initiative to attempt to get it higher, however in the intervening time, that’s actually what we’re concentrating on. It’s by no means lucky for something like this to occur, and it sort of floored me. I can’t see something. I can’t learn something. I can’t watch something.
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John wrote the rating for the stage musical model of The Satan Wears Prada, primarily based on the 2006 film a few younger journalist navigating the glamour and egos of a shiny style journal.
The manufacturing at London’s Dominion Theatre stars Vanessa Williams because the fearsome editor Miranda Priestly, performed by Meryl Streep within the movie.
Sunday’s gala, a fundraiser for the Elton John AIDS Basis, was attended by celebrities and fashion-industry figures together with designer Donatella Versace and former Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the rumored inspiration for the Priestly character.
Wintour described the musical as “entertaining,” and informed the BBC that “it’s for the viewers and for the individuals I work with to determine if there are any similarities between me and Miranda Priestly.”
— with information from The Related Press
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