Paula Abdul shares health update after canceling Canadian tour

Paula Abdul is sharing an update on her health after cancelling Direct! Canada tour last month

“I’m recovering well. I have already had a procedure done,” Abdul, 62, exclusively said Us Weekly at the Dancers Against Cancers 10th Annual All-Star Awards Gala on Wednesday, October 9. “I have one more, but I have an eight-week guarantee that we’ll be back together.”

While attending the event at The Beverly Hilton in California, Abdul said he “of course” plans to tour again.

“I had the best time finishing this tour and there’s still the rest of the world to see and perform in front of,” he said. we.

Abdul announced in September that he had to cancel his tour due to undisclosed injuries. she Direct! Canada tour it was scheduled to begin on September 25 in Victoria, British Columbia and conclude on October 26. The tour included a night in Fargo, North Dakota on October 12. She was also scheduled to play a US show in Anchorage, Alaska before the tour.

“It is with an incredibly heavy heart that I need to share with you an update on some injuries I have recently suffered,” Abdul wrote via social media at the time. “In an effort to carry on, I have received targeted injections which will give me temporary relief, but the demands of a full tour are a different story.”

The 80s pop superstar and ex American Idol The judge underwent “multiple consultations” with his doctors to explore “all available options.”

“I have been informed that one of my injuries requires a minor procedure followed by a recovery time of 6-8 weeks, therefore I will be prohibited from continuing the Direct! Canada tour as well as dates in Alaska and North Dakota,” he wrote.

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Abdul followed up the post with a message for his fans. “I want to extend my deepest apologies to all my amazing fans in Canada and the US, you mean the world to me and this truly breaks my heart,” she wrote. “I’ve been waiting for the energy, love and connection that we always share when we’re together.”

She wrote: “I promise I’ll be back, stronger and better, dancing my heart out and performing for you all very soon, to give you the show you deserve.”

Abdul assured fans that refunds would be available “at your point of purchase” before signing off with the message: “Thank you for your love, patience and understanding during this time. With all my love and gratitude, XoP.”

With the report of Mariel Turner