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 the vast majority of his eyesight after struggling a watch an infection.
The singer-songwriter attended the opening night time of The Satan Wears Prada in London on Sunday.
“I haven’t been capable of come to lots of the previews as a result of, as , I’ve misplaced my eyesight. So it’s arduous for me to see it. However I really like to listen to it and boy it sounded good tonight,” he advised 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 night time in assist of the Elton John Aids Basis at The Dominion Theatre on December 1, 2024 in London, England.
Dave Benett/Getty Photos for The Satan Wears Prada Musical
“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 submit on the time.
“I’m so grateful for the superb staff of docs and nurses and my household, who’ve taken such excellent care of me over the past a number of weeks.”
Talking to 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 performed something, and I simply need to 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 capable of see. And my left eye’s not the best. So there’s hope and encouragement, and it will likely be OK, however I’m type of caught in the mean time,” he advised 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 try to get it higher, however in the mean time, that’s actually what we’re concentrating on. It’s by no means lucky for something like this to occur, and it type of floored me. I can’t see something. I can’t learn something. I can’t watch something.
John wrote the rating for the stage musical model of The Satan Wears Prada, based mostly on the 2006 film a couple of 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 advised the BBC that “it’s for the viewers and for the individuals I work with to resolve if there are any similarities between me and Miranda Priestly.”
— with information from The Related Press
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