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LeAnn RimesThe 40-year-old has postponed two of her upcoming concerts due to vocal cord bleeding that she “can’t sing anymore,” the country music superstar announced on Wednesday, December 7. “It breaks my heart to have to announce that I will be rescheduling this weekend’s shows,” she began in a handwritten note she posted to Instagram. “When I was ill with the flu, my doctor discovered bleeding in my vocal cords, caused by the severe coughing that accompanied the illness.
“I’m better, but I can’t speak or sing…doctor’s orders!” she continued. “I’m devastated to have to do this as I was looking forward to nothing more than celebrating the holidays with you. Please check your emails for postponed information and see you very soon.”
In the caption of the post, she announced that her show at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium will be rescheduled to April 8, 2023 and the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort Show in Riverside, Iowa, will now be held on September 29, 2023. The shows are part of her JOY: The holiday tour which began on December 2nd. Her next scheduled show date is December 16th in Lincoln City, Oregon.
The tour’s setlist is filled with a combination of Christmas carols, LeAnn’s hits and songs from her 19th studio album. the work of God. The album, released September 16, is an expansion of the country singer’s more spiritual side and analyzes what it means to her to have faith. “I think God can mean different things to different people,” she said billboard in an interview published on the same day, her album dropped. “For me it’s like, insert the word love, insert the word creation. I felt like everything that flowed through me for this album was a part of it.”
As for what’s next for the Grammy-winning actress, she said she has no limits. “I like to develop further. I like to push boundaries,” she teased. “As soon as someone thinks they figured me out, I’m like, oops, let’s go down this path. I’m always growing and I hope it never stops.”
LeAnn’s health issues come about three months after she said she started focusing on protecting her mental and physical health this year. “About six months ago, I started really focusing on taking care of myself,” she said PERSONS before her 40th birthday. “A big part of my life has defied my body because I had to show up and be on all the time. I’ve had to worry about what people think of me for so long. Not giving up on myself and what I need has been a huge change.”
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