Kylie Minogue Reschedules Manchester Shows

Kylie Minogue posted the following statement on her official web site on Monday (January 15): “After being forced to pull out early from Saturday night’s Showgirl Homecoming performance at the Manchester Evening News Arena due to a moderately severe respiratory tract infection, doctors have today insisted that Kylie Minogue ‘not perform in the immediate future’. Accordingly tonight (15/1) and Tuesday (16/1) night’s shows will not take place. Promoters are hoping to re-schedule at the earliest opportunity. We currently anticipate that Thursday and Friday nights shows will not be affected. Whilst we await the all clear from her doctors we, wish Kylie a speedy recovery and hope to be able to confirm her return to the stage soon.” Later in the day, the singer announced her January 15th show was rescheduled to January 21st, while the January 16th show was pushed back to January 22nd. They added, “Please note, there is still no news about the show that was cut short on Saturday 13 January.”