Aretha Franklin cancels concerts due to health concerns

Los Angeles March 18 (IANS) Legendary singer Aretha Franklin has cancelled her two upcoming concerts on her doctor s orders.

"Aretha Franklin has been ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest completely for at least the next two months " her management sent in a statement to ew.com.

"She is extremely disappointed she cannot perform at this year s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival as she had expected and hoped to."

Franklin was set to headline the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in late April and before that had been slated to perform a concert at Newark s New Jersey Performing Arts Center on her 76th birthday (March 25).

Both gigs have now been cancelled.

She last performed live in November 2017 at Elton John s annual AIDS Foundation gala.

In June the 18-time Grammy winner is scheduled to perform at the Wang Theatre in Boston and at the Toronto Jazz Festival.

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