Annie Lennox has undergone spinal surgery to release an impinged nerve, after injuring her back at last week's International AIDS Conference in Mexico. The surgery was apparently a complete success and now the singer is recuperating at home.
Writing on her blog, Lennox said: "Okay, I came back to the UK and got wheeled off the plane. A first I must say! Felt a bit like Elizabeth Taylor!"
However, the injury does mean that Lennox's retrospective compilation, which was planned for release on 15 Sep, will now be pushed back to spring next year, to allow the singer to recuperate enough to be involved the promotion for the album. She has also had to cancel her appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Of Politics this week, part of the Edinburgh Festival, where she was due to talk about her work supporting children left orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa.