Yungblud is showing his fans some love after experiencing a health setback while on tour. The musician announced via his Instagram Stories on Thursday (July 10) that he’s currently battling tonsillitis, and is following his doctor’s advice to postpone both the Thursday show in Dundee, Scotland, and Friday set in Liverpool.
“Please understand i hate letting you down. I wanna say f–k it and just do it but they said I could really do damage to my voice,” the British musician wrote, noting that he’s getting a steroid treatment and plans to have his tonsils taken out when his schedule permits. “I love you all and I will DEFINITELY be at. Bristol and Southampton next week.”
“I cannot believe what’s happening at the minute,” he concluded in his Story. “Beautiful.”
Shortly after, Yungblud shared another message to his Story, this time offer a token of appreciation for fans in Liverpool who had tickets to the now postponed concert. “To make it up to you I’ve put some money behind the bar at @motel_bar,” he wrote. “If you go tomorrow night and show your ticket you get a free drink on me. I know some of you have travelled.”
He continued: I’m so sad I can’t be there but at least you can be together and celebrate each other, as that’s what Yungblud is all about. Go to the bar play the tunes and have a good time. I love you. Again, I’m truly sorry.”
The musician released his genre-blurring fourth studio album, Idols, on June 20. The 12-track set — which is the first part of a double album — debuted at No. 1 on the U.K’s Official Albums Chart, his third consecutive to summit the tally. The North American leg of his Idols World Tour kicks off Aug. 23 in Los Angeles.
