Wednesday 20 August 2008

Annie Lennox undergoes back surgery

Annie Lennox has undergone back surgical operation to tone ending an impinged nerve after she recently suffered a back spasm in Mexico.


The former Eurythmics singer was attending an Aids conference in Mexico when she suffered the spasm, then was flown back to the UK to go under the knife, reports BBC News.

Lennox's spokesperson said that the singer was recovering in her London home and that the surgery went to plan. Lennox said that the spasm caused her to feel "more pain than I've e'er experienced in my life".


She also added that she "felt a bit like Elizabeth Taylor" as she was wheeled off the aeroplane when she arrived in the UK.


The expiration of Lennox's forthcoming compilation album, 'The Annie Lennox Collection', has been postponed until future year after initially existence scheduled for release on September 15.


As previously reported on NME.COM, Keane's Tom Chaplin has written a song for Annie Lennox, 'Pattern Of My Life', which will feature on the album.



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