{"id":199450,"date":"2023-05-25T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whynow.co.uk\/?post_type=read&#038;p=199450"},"modified":"2023-05-25T16:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:28:03","slug":"sam-smith-forced-to-cancel-upcoming-shows-with-vocal-cord-injury","status":"publish","type":"read","link":"https:\/\/whynow.co.uk\/read\/sam-smith-forced-to-cancel-upcoming-shows-with-vocal-cord-injury","title":{"rendered":"Sam Smith forced to cancel upcoming shows with \u201cvocal cord injury\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>After stopping last night\u2019s Manchester gig after just four songs, Sam Smith has cancelled rescheduled dates in Birmingham and Glasgow due to \u201ca vocal cord injury\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing at Manchester\u2019s AO Arena on Wednesday evening, Smith left the stage early on in their set and was unable to return.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A spokesperson took to Smith\u2019s Instagram first, writing: \u201cDoctors have advised complete vocal rest\u201d because of the injury. \u201cIf they keep singing, they will do permanent damage to their voice. If they take some rest, they will be able to perform again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith then later revealed that they had been suffering with the virus several weeks ago, but had recovered until Wednesday evening\u2019s gig.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_199452\" style=\"width: 1056px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199452\" class=\" wp-image-199452\" src=\"https:\/\/spaces.whynow.co.uk\/2023\/05\/sam-smith-voice-instagram-story.png\" alt=\"sam smith voice instagram story\" width=\"1046\" height=\"1690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaces.whynow.co.uk\/2023\/05\/sam-smith-voice-instagram-story.png 505w, https:\/\/spaces.whynow.co.uk\/2023\/05\/sam-smith-voice-instagram-story-223x360.png 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1046px) 100vw, 1046px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-199452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Sam Smith Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cToday in soundcheck I felt fine and was so excited to give Manchester an amazing show tonight, with a special surprise at the end,\u201d they explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDuring my third song, I noticed something wrong with my voice. I prayed it was just my voice waking up for the show but into the fourth song I could feel something was really wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/whynow.co.uk\/read\/gloria-sam-smith-review\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606 Gloria review | Sam Smith shows being upbeat doesn\u2019t make you more interesting<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI came off stage and have tried everything to get my voice back in gear but it won&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am honestly heartbroken I couldn&#8217;t finish the show tonight for you all. I love you all. I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;m sorry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ticket holders for Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow will all be able to get their money back.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9717,"featured_media":199451,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[349],"tags":[1755,1561,967,2029],"read-series":[],"article-types":[1979],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.0 (Yoast SEO v22.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sam Smith forced to cancel upcoming shows with \u201cvocal cord injury\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After last night\u2019s Manchester gig stopped after four songs, Sam Smith has cancelled two more dates due to \u201ca vocal cord injury\u201d.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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