JERUSALEM: "American Idol" champion Kelly Clarkson canceled her Israel concert tour Thursday, saying a recently acquired throat illness has gotten worse.Clarkson performed in Berlin Wednesday after canceling a Paris show, but her condition flared up afterward, and doctors advised her to refrain from singing until it healed, Ha'aretz news service reported Thursday.
Partner Telecom, owner of mobile phone operator Orange Israel and a major sponsor of the concert series, is expected to take a hit after investing approximately $400,000 in an advertising campaign and offering reduced price tickets to customers, Ha'aretz reported. The company said all tickets would be refunded.
Clarkson rose to fame after winning the first season of Fox TV's talent competition.
Thanks for the info about Kelly having to cancel her Israeli concerts. I had already seen the news over at KCE, of course. Kelly has toured almost non-stop for about 18 months now. The Israeli concerts were going to be the end of this European tour. Hopefully she will now take a good, long rest. She has had occasional throat problems ever since she was on AI and both she and Tamyra got sick. They still had to perform and do other AI stuff. Kelly got sick in Australia last year and had to cancel some of her New Zealand dates. She was able to reschedule them later. Hopefully she'll be able to reschedule the Israeli dates at some point.