Singer Elton John was forced to postpone his gigs in the United States due to illness.
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Elton John was treated in a London hospital for an e-coli bacterial infection. The musician is "absolutely fine," his spokesman Gary Farrow said Shows in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, will be postponed. These Pacific Northwest gigs are likely to be rescheduled for December.
(People.com) -- The flu may be on everyone's minds, but it happens to be in Elton John's system -- prompting the British musician, who is said to be in a London hospital for treatment of E. coli bacterial infection and influenza, to postpone the Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, dates on his current tour, costarring Billy Joel, the BBC reported.
Monday morning, John's spokesman Gary Farrow told Reuters that, despite the hospitalization, Sir Elton, 62, was "absolutely fine" and hoped to return to entertaining soon.
According to his official Web site, Sir Elton postponed a Dublin performance on Thursday after earlier shelving concerts in London, Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle.
The American leg of the tour was also put on hold in July, when Joel, 60, was ordered to rest after suffering "flu-like symptoms" and "extreme fatigue."
The Pacific Northwest gigs are likely to be rescheduled for December, according to promoters.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Elton John was treated in a London hospital for an e-coli bacterial infection. The musician is "absolutely fine," his spokesman Gary Farrow said Shows in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, will be postponed. These Pacific Northwest gigs are likely to be rescheduled for December.
(People.com) -- The flu may be on everyone's minds, but it happens to be in Elton John's system -- prompting the British musician, who is said to be in a London hospital for treatment of E. coli bacterial infection and influenza, to postpone the Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, dates on his current tour, costarring Billy Joel, the BBC reported.
Monday morning, John's spokesman Gary Farrow told Reuters that, despite the hospitalization, Sir Elton, 62, was "absolutely fine" and hoped to return to entertaining soon.
According to his official Web site, Sir Elton postponed a Dublin performance on Thursday after earlier shelving concerts in London, Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle.
The American leg of the tour was also put on hold in July, when Joel, 60, was ordered to rest after suffering "flu-like symptoms" and "extreme fatigue."
The Pacific Northwest gigs are likely to be rescheduled for December, according to promoters.
I wish Elton speedy recovery. It figures the one concert I've been planning to see since April (but really since I was say 13 or so!)!
Jeff Dunham will have to be really great on the 13th to make up for not being able to bask in Elton John and Billy Joel songs!
