Elton John unable to 'watch own musical' after eyesight loss

Sir Elton John said he has been unable to watch the stage show he wrote the music for due to losing his eyesight.

Speaking at the gala performance of The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical he said: "I have lost my sight and I haven't been able to see the performance but I have enjoyed listening to it."

The West End show hosted a charity gala for the Elton John AIDS Foundation on Sunday evening.

The star-studded event attracted a host of famous faces including Anna Wintour, Lily Collins and Donatella Versace.

The Devil Wears Prada tells the story of an aspirational young journalist, Andy, who became the assistant to one of New York's most infamous fashion magazine editors, Miranda Priestly.

American fashion designer Betsey Johnson said "everyone in the fashion industry loves the show".

The 82-year-old said she was "lucky" she got through the industry without having to "play the game".

"When I saw the film for the first time, I thought thank god I missed all that stuff because I would not want to have gone through all that."

Model Elizabeth Hurley said she thought "every woman's body is now celebrated" and was keen to see "how that is shown in this theatre show".

However, singer Beverley Knight said she doesn't think "the fashion industry has moved on leaps and bounds" in terms of how it views women of different sizes.

Beauty and the Beast actor Luke Evans said he loves the film because it's "full of characters and ego" but he has "no idea" why it's such a cultural phenomenon.

"It's probably because fashion changes all the time but the people at the top never do and this is sort of an insider, behind the scenes version," he said.

He added he doesn't think there are many similarities between Priestly and Wintour as he's met "Anna many times and she's very lovely so I don't think they're similar".

Comedian David Walliams was also in attendance with his mother and they both said they "know it's going to be brilliant and we haven't even seen it".

"We're missing Strictly Come Dancing for this, that's how much we love Elton," the pair joked.