<div class="left-content-column clearfloat"><div class="article-header clearfloat"><div class="article-title"><h1>Kylie cancels shows due to flu</h1><p class="author">From correspondents in London</p><p class="published-date">January 15, 2007 07:35am</p></div><div class="article-source">Article from: AAP</div><div class="article-toolbar top clearfloat floatright"><p class="font-size">Font size: + -</p><p class="send-to">Send this article: Print Email </p></div></div><div class="content-column-small article floatleft" id="text-big"> AUSTRALIAN pop diva Kylie Minogue, on the comeback trail since battling breast cancer, has cancelled two further shows after pulling out of a concert with a bad cold.</p> Kylie, who cut short a live gig on Saturday in Manchester, northern England, will not perform today or tomorrow. </p> "After being forced to pull out early from last night'sShowgirl Homecoming performance ... due to a moderately severe respiratory tract infection, doctors have insisted that Kylie Minogue 'not perform in the immediate future'," the star's management said in a statement. Shows on Thursday and Friday this week are expected to go on as planned and promoters are hoping to reschedule the cancelled events, added the statement, posted on the website of the Manchester Evening News Arena, the concerts' venue. Ticket holders were advised to keep their tickets, which would be valid for future dates. Minogue walked off stage half way through the second of six scheduled concerts at the arena, disappointing fans. Her spokesman denied her illness was linked to her breast cancer treatment. Other members of her band had been suffering'flu, the spokesman said. Minogue, 38, launched the British leg of her Showgirl Homecoming Tour on New Year's Eve following her recovery from breast cancer treatment. She has already played seven dates at London's Wembley Arena. Minogue, a former soap opera actress turned pop princess, was forced to postpone her original Showgirl world tour after her cancer diagnosis in May 2005. She had surgery and chemotherapy treatment, returning to the stage in November last year.</p> </p><h4 class="variant-sub-content top17">Share this article (What is this?)</h4></div></div> From http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21057630-10388,00.html
Real shame I saw her at Wembley last week - she was absolutely brilliant - I assume that anyone that went last night will get a new ticket to see her when they reshedule
