Chart-topping country star Morgan Warren is postponing six weeks of shows on his current tour, saying in a statement Tuesday that he has injured his vocal cords and doctors have advised him to pause.
“I did three shows in Florida last weekend and by the third time I felt terrible,” Warren said. video Post on social media. “So I had an exam yesterday and was told I had reinjured my vocal cords and had trauma to my vocal cords. Their advice was to give me six weeks off my voice and that’s what I would It is what we are doing.”
He also announced that he will not be performing as scheduled at this Thursday’s Academy of Country Music Awards show, which he is aiming to be Entertainer of the Year.
A spokeswoman for Warren said 14 shows have been postponed, including two at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., starting on May 18 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Chicago field.
A rescheduled date will be announced.
Last month, Warren canceled a stadium show at the University of Mississippi just before she took the stage, saying she lost her voice. even so, Angry fan posts on social media to complain.
Wallen’s new 36-track album, One Thing at a Time, has been at number one on Billboard’s album chart for the past nine weeks and currently has nearly 2.3 billion streams in the US alone. His last LP, “Dangerous: The Double Album,” was his 10th straight week at No. 1 two years ago, but he was caught using a racist slur in a video. That’s despite industry condemnation, including country being temporarily removed from his radio playlists.
Warren said in a statement Tuesday: Permanently damage my voice. ”
“So for the longevity of my career, this is just a choice I had to make,” he added.
