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The pop music veteran contracted a "severe eye infection" in September Elton John has expanded on the current status of his health, following a “severe eye infection” , at a public appearance, admitting: “I have lost my eyesight”. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” In September, the legendary singer-songwriter revealed that he had been dealing with the infection over the summer that left him with “only limited vision in one eye”. “I am healing, but it’s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye,” he continued.
Last week (November 26), John gave an update on his condition, revealing that it has been “four months now” since he’s been unable to see properly . “And my left eye is not the greatest,” he stated, adding that it has resulted in him feeling “stuck” while working on a new album. Now, at a gala performance for The Devil Wears Prada , a musical adaptation of the novel and 2005 film of the same name, John revealed to the audience that he has now lost his eyesight.
John worked on the music for the production. “I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight,” he said onstage, per The Guardian , while accompanied by husband David Furnish. “So it’s hard for me to see it.
But I love to hear it and boy it sounded good tonight.” John previously said of his condition to Good Morning America : “We’re taking an initiative to try and get it better. But at the moment, that’s really what we’re concentrating on.
It’s never fortunate for anything like this to happen. And it kind of floored me, and I can’t see anything, I can’t read anything, I can’t watch anything.” Elton John.
CREDIT: Lester Cohen/Getty Despite these recent struggles, John said he was “the luckiest man in the world” and explained that he was “so proud of the documentary” Elton John: Never Too Late , which is coming to Disney+ next month. In October, the musician told fans that “there’s not much of [him] left” following multiple surgeries due to his health issues. John and Brandi Carlile released a new song called ‘Never Too Late’ a month later – written for the upcoming documentary of the same name.
He told GMA that the collaborative track “encompasses what I’ve been through”. It was reported in late 2023 that the pair had completed a new full album together . The Never Too Late film follows the musician as he reflects on his life and 50-year career while preparing for his final North American stadium show at LA’s Dodger Stadium in November 2022 .
He has since retired from live touring. The doc “pull[s] back the curtain” on John’s life , featuring “never-before-seen concert footage of him over the past 50 years, as well as hand-written journals and present-day footage of him and his family”. Elton John attends the Elton John: Never Too Late European debut as part of the London Film Festival at Southbank Centre – Royal Festival Hall on October 10, 2024 in London, England.
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Cutler and John’s husband David Furnish, the project received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September . The movie was given a limited theatrical release in the US and the UK on November 15. In May, John’s longtime songwriting partner Taupin said the music icon was preparing to surprise release his next studio album .
“Elton and I have an album coming out very soon, but I daren’t say anything about it because I’m under strict orders to keep schtum,” he said at the time. “It’s all done and recorded. I think it’s quite brilliant and quite contemporary and it will certainly surprise a lot of people and excite a lot of people and hopefully be successful.
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