Elton John has revealed that he recently faced a “severe” eye infection that left him with “limited vision” in one eye. The good news? He’s healing, and sight will return to his impacted eye—it’ll just take some time.
Taking to Instagram this morning (4 September), the Tiny Dancer performer wrote, “Over the summer, I’ve been dealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me 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. I am so grateful for the excellent team of doctors and nurses and my family, who have taken such good care of me over the last several weeks.”
Adding that he’s been “quietly” spending the UK summer “recuperating at home,” John wrote that he’s feeling “positive” about the progress he has made in his healing and recovery.
John ended his statement by sending “love and gratitude” to his devoted fans.
Elton John is currently promoting his forthcoming documentary, Elton John: Never Too Late. The documentary will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this Friday (6 September) before a wider release to Disney+ on Friday, 13 December.
The film was directed by R. J. Cutler (Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry) and David Furnish, a Canadian-British filmmaker and Elton John’s husband, and follows John’s 50-year career up to his final North American Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert at Dodger Stadium.
In a review of Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium last January – which was pushed back due to COVID-19 – The Music’s Mick Radojkovic declared: “Elton is renowned for staying on stage for his whole performance and to pull out a two and half hour show at the age of 75 is impressive, to say the least.”
Radojkovic added, “There will never be another Elton John. His legacy will long outlast him, and the pleasure was all ours as Sydney glistened into the summer night and we headed back to our plough.”
