By Nancy Tartaglione
05.03.2020 - 15:41 / nme.com
"All I wanted to do was give the best shows that I possibly could. "
Michael Kiwanuka has postponed the remainder of his current UK tour, after being diagnosed with acute viral laryngitis.
The acclaimed singer was set to play dates in London, Manchester, Cambridge, Leicester, Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle and a leading slot at BBC 6 Music Festival tomorrow night (March 6).
All tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled dates, which are set to be announced in the coming days.
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Music fans up and down the country were left gutted this morning when it was announced that Glastonbury Festival 2020 has been cancelled.
Glastonbury, Britain's biggest music festival, will not take place as planned this summer due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. The decision was announced on Wednesday ahead of the June event, which was to be headlined by Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and Paul McCartney.
Glastonbury has canceled its 2020 edition. It had been due to host 200,000 festival-goers this June, at the predicted peak of the UK’s coronavirus outbreak. Just last week, Kendrick Lamar was named as the third headliner, joining Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift; the festival has not announced whether it intends to book the same headliners for 2021.
Britain’s Glastonbury festival has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ticket-holders will be guaranteed a place for next year's event.
The singer is now due to complete his tour this autumn