Kylie Minogue cancels series of shows over sudden illness with sad statement
Kylie Minogue has cancelled four of her upcoming shows on her Tension Tour after suddenly falling ill and has now issued her fans with an update.
Kylie Minogue has revealed she has "no choice" but to cancel four of her upcoming shows due to an illness. The 56-year-old icon has just completed the UK leg of her tour and was set to head to Europe next.
However, she has been hit with a nasty case of laryngitis and has told fans she is now resting her voice in a sad update on social media. Kylie said in a statement: "Hi Lovers, as some of you may know, a week ago we finished the UK leg of the Tension Tour. I made it over the finish line (yay) but unfortunately have succumbed to a viral infection (Hello laryngitis).
'I've tried my best to recover fast to start our next run on Monday but I'm afraid it will take me some days to be well enough to get back on stage and perform the best for you.' Kylie continued: 'I'm so, SO sorry!
"I have no choice but to postpone the shows in Berlin, Lodz, Kaunas and Tallinn as scheduled. Please keep hold of your tickets, we're doing our very best to reschedule the dates and will update you very soon on that.
'Thank you for understanding - you know I love you all. And I LOVE THIS SHOW! And I'll miss you next week, and I can't wait to see you all. Love Kylie xx'
Kylie kicked off her sold-out UK leg of her Tension Tour at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on May 16.
She was due to perform at the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany on Monday June 16 before moving on to Poland, Lithuania and Estonia.
The Aussie star is hoping to be back on the stage for her show at Finland's Metro Arena on June 23.
During her time in the UK last month, the Can't Get You Out Of My Head hitmaker received an award while at London's O2 Arena for headlining 21 shows at the arena during the course of her career.
She became the first female singer to join the venue's 21 club as she stopped off once more for her Tension Tour a couple of weeks ago.
The legendary club honours acts who have played the arena 21 times or more and includes huge stars including One Direction, Drake, Michael Bublé and Take That.
Celebrating her sixteenth studio album, Kylie performed her latest tour at the prestigious arena four times - bringing her total up to 24 performances at the O2 overall.
The pop star had no issues filling up the 20,000 capacity arena each night.
Speaking about one of her London gigs, an attendee told the Mirror: "Kylie was really emotional and fought back the tears as she addressed the crowd. It was clear the achievement meant a lot to her.
She proudly showed her award off to the crowd which marked 21 shows at the O2 - becoming the first female artist to do so. Tonight was actually her 24th show at the prestigious arena.
"She began crying as she shared that news to the crowd, it was a really touching moment as she reflected on her career.
"Everyone in the arena supported her and had her back. It was clear she appreciated the love and support of her fans, as she always has."
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