Annie Lennox Back Surgery

In August 2008, singer-songwriter Annie Lennox had surgery to release an impinged nerve in her spine. She suffered severe pain in her back and numbness in her left foot while in Mexico City for a conference on AIDS.¹

Fast Facts

Surgery was successful¹
Was attending an AIDS conference when the pain occurred¹
Left foot became numb¹
Surgery took place in London, England
Arrived home on August 20, 2008, following a six-day hospital stay²
Album will be delayed until 2009³

Annie Lennox Blog Posts

"I should have been attending the final press blitz of the week, but my back suddenly went into spasm last night, giving me more pain that I've ever experienced in my life, and a totally numb left foot!!"¹

"I came back to the U.K. and got wheeled off the plane...A first I must say! Felt a bit like Elizabeth Taylor! Got an MRI scan this morning, and am now sitting up in bed with my left foot like a dead fish...freezing and numb. I'm going to have to get myself a crutch and a parrot, so I can fob myself off as a pirate."³