Pop sensation Jess Glynne has taken to Twitter to announce to her fans that she has had to cancel her upcoming shows through until July 14th. The star has explained that one of her vocal chords had haemorrhaged, resulting in her doctor advising she 'urgently' takes a break.
The 29-year-old took to the social platform earlier today (27th June) to inform fans of her condition, and also explain why she had to cancel her performance at the Isle of Wight festival, which left many fans feeling let down 'so badly'. In a lengthy post, the singer wrote, 'It absolutely kills me to say this - especially given what has happened in the past few weeks - but on the advice of my vocal surgeon, I am going to have to cancel my next shows through until July 14th and I hope to be back as soon as possible after that.' [sic].
She continued, 'I know many of my fans feel I let them down so badly when I pulled out of the Isle of Wight festival but the reason I knew I just wasn't going to be able to make that performance has now been made clear to be by my doctor, Dr Zeitels. It is true that I went out and celebrated the end of the Spice World tour. That was a massive high for me and I wanted to mark it with the women who'd become friends and mentors to me but I had also been suffering on and off for weeks with anxiety about my voice.' [sic]
Many fans were left feeling disappointed when Jess pulled out of the Isle of Wight festival just moments before she was set to perform, with many accusing her of being 'hungover' after partying with the Spice Girls.
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She added, 'I wasn’t sounding my best and I felt there was something wrong. Two days ago I came to Boston to see my surgeon who told me my vocal chord has haemorrhaged and that if I wanted to remain as a performer I needed to urgently take a break, rest my voice completely for the next 10 days and try and remain in total silence to give my vocal chords a chance to recover. Basically he told me I have been completely overdoing everything.' [sic]
The 'Thursday' singer was set to perform at Sherwood Pines Forest Park tomorrow (28th June).
Jess continued, 'In the last six months I’ve performed almost 100 shows, I’ve pushed through at times when I know I’ve been tired and overstretched and I got to breaking point, my voice literally got to breaking point. The thing is I am my voice. If my voice goes, I go. I am so privileged to do what I do, I am so privileged to have fans out there who come and see me. But I never want to be less than 100 percent. I never want to give you less than 100 percent.
'I am so devastated to be letting anyone down but I want you to know the full truth of my situation so you understand why I have to do this. All I know is I have to go away, look after my voice and come back stronger, better and be the performer my fans truly deserve.' [sic]
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All the best in a speedy recovery, Jess!
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