Kehlani Cancels Concerts After Hospitalization for Being "Unable to Swallow"
Kehlani said she was hospitalized for a painful illness and cannot sing for the next two shows, then will restart the tour Aug. 29.
- On Wednesday, August 26, 31-year-old singer Kehlani canceled upcoming shows in Camden, New Jersey, and Columbia, Maryland after being hospitalized for a painful illness that left her unable to swallow.
- Kehlani, currently on her 33-date Kehlani World Tour, experienced the health emergency after feeling normal for two days, sharing on Instagram, "ive been up all night unable to swallow & in so much pain."
- While the singer emphasized her "team is working on a solution," she remains unable to sing for the immediate dates, adding, "Breaks my heart to have to ever do this."
- Plans to resume the tour on Saturday, August 29, in Richmond, Virginia remain in place, marking the first disruption to the Live Nation run concluding in early October in San Francisco.
- Supporting her self-titled fifth studio album, which debuted with 69,000 album-equivalent units, Kehlani previously won Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for "Folded" at the 2026 Grammy Awards earlier this year.
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Kehlani cancels tour shows following hospitalisation
R&B star Kehlani has cancelled two shows on her North American tour after she was hospitalised this week. It has been a busy month for Kehlani, who kicked off her tour, which has so far taken her across outdoor amphitheatres in North America, on August 6th in Minneapolis. However, due to health issues, her performance at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, was cancelled last night (August 26th) and tonight’s (August 27th) show a…
Singer Kehlani Cancels Concerts After Waking Up in ‘So Much Pain’ and ‘Unable to Swallow’
Singer Kehlani had to hit pause on their ongoing tour after experiencing a health scare. “After two off days feeling completely normal… I’ve been up all night unable to swallow & in so much pain,” Kehlani, 31, shared in an Instagram post on Wednesday, August 26. “I just left the hospital & am not cleared […]
Kehlani had to cancel two stages of her tour after a hospitalization. The singer explained that she was not allowed to sing by doctors, due to a severe pain in the throat that prevented her from even swallowing. The 31-year-old gave the news to fans through a post on Instagram published [...] The article "I can't swallow, I'm in the emergency room": Kehlani forced to stop the tour for a severe pain in the throat comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
American singer Kehlani has had to cancel two performances of her current tour. The Grammy winner announced via Instagram that she has been hospitalized and that, as a result, the two shows cannot go ahead.
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