News - 23/08/2016

Aretha Franklin ordered by doctors to cancel upcoming concerts

Aretha Franklin ordered by doctors to cancel upcoming concerts

Soul/r&b legend Aretha Franklin was forced to cancel a batch of dates following a recommendation by her doctors to rest up. An official statement by the 74-year old star said:

Due to doctors' orders I will have to cancel a few concerts for the next month or so.

At least five shows have been canceled, including an August 26 performance at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia; a pair of Radio City Music Hall shows in New York – an appearance at the Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 show on September 15 and Franklin's solo concert on September 23 – have also been canceled along with October gigs in Detroit and St. Louis.

Franklin plans to hit the stage again in November. The upcoming canceled concerts are the first time Franklin has called off a performance for health reasons since August 2015, when she cancelled a Las Vegas show due to exhaustion.

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