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Elton John has revealed he was unable to watch his new musical “The Devil Wears Prada” as an eye infection contracted over the summer had severely affected his eyesight.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight,” the 77-year-old singer told the audience late Sunday at a London charity gala performance of the musical, for which he wrote the score.<\/p>\n

“So it’s hard for me to see it, but I love to hear it and, boy, it sounded good tonight,” he said.<\/p>\n

The “Rocket Man” star posted on Instagram in September that an infection had “left me with only limited vision in one eye”.<\/p>\n

“I am healing, but it’s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye,” he added.<\/p>\n

He told ABC News in the US last month that the infection had left him without sight in his right eye and that “my left eye is not the greatest”.<\/p>\n

John wound down a glittering live career with a global farewell tour in 2022 and 2023, playing his final show in his native UK at the Glastonbury Festival and his last-ever gig in Sweden.<\/p>\n

US singer Vanessa Williams plays feared fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly in the stage adaptation of the 2006 film.<\/p>\n

“I said I wanted to be a part of it because I could create the role and that means that you’re informing the script, the music, the choreography, all the action,” she told the media on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Other stars in attendance Sunday included fashion heavyweights\u00a0Anna Wintour and Donatella Versace.<\/p>\n

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Elton John performs during his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour’ show in Las Vegas in November 2022<\/p>\n

-Ethan Miller
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