Olly Murs on walking out of Glasgow gig earlier this year
Now, the 41-year-old reflected on the performance, which was part of his 15 Years of Hits tour, saying he was "really gutted" but his health came first.
Speaking on Heart Scotland's Breakfast show on Tuesday, August 12, Olly said: "It was one of the maddest moments of my life.
"I felt a bit weird that week, and I didn't feel a hundred per cent myself. Obviously, there is going to be a common theme here: I'm a bloke, and what we like to do is blame everyone else.
"So, I blame Maddie, my daughter, because it was the first time in the tour that I got a chance to go home, and I went home because I was missing her so much.
"I put her in my arms and I was like 'aw Maddie' and she just [imitates a sneeze] and I was like 'thank you for that'.
"I was at the show, and that moment for me was one of the toughest moments of my career.
"If I had continued singing, one, I would have damaged my voice, two, I would have felt awful for the fans, that they wouldn't have seen the true Olly Murs.
"Which, I think, particularly on this tour, it was the best tour I've ever done."
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We previously reported that Murs was forced to cancel the show shortly after it started as he was struggling with his voice.
At the time, he told fans he had 'never done this in 15 years'.
The Troublemaker singer went on to explain what the most difficult part of walking out of the city venue was.
He added: "The hardest thing for me, though, is I was in the front row, and I look out and I'm trying to explain what's going on, and this Scottish guy is with his kids.
"He's a big geezer and he's looking at me, and at first, he was like 'he's having a joke.' Then it changed, and he's like, 'what is he doing?
"I've taken a day off work, I've paid all this money, do it, man.' I just looked at him and thought 'oh no' and I just went 'love you all, I've got to go.'
"It was one of those moments, and I completely understand that people paid their hard-earned money to come, and I really hope I can make it up to my Scottish fans because, genuinely, I love going to Scotland, I think it's the best."
"I'm just really gutted. Of all the places, Glasgow was the one that I didn't want to do it in. But unfortunately, my health came first."
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