In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 picture, Whitney Houston accepts an award at the Warner Theatre during the 2010 BET Hip Hop Honors in Washington. Illness has apparently led to a brief postponement Houston's European tour. The singer was due to kick it off in Paris on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. But a statement released Monday, April 5, 2010 by her representative says an upper respiratory infection is forcing Houston to bow
out of that show, on doctors' orders.
Whitney Houston performs at the 2009 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons event, honoring Clive Davis in Beverly Hills, California Feb. 7, 2009.
Illness has led to a brief postponement of Whitney Houston's European tour.
The singer had been due to kick it off in Paris on Tuesday. But a statement released Monday by her representative says an upper respiratory infection is forcing Houston to bow out of that show on doctors' orders.
Singer Whitney Houston performs at the 2009 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons event honoring Clive Davis in Beverly Hills, California Feb. 7, 2009.
Whitney Houston blows a kiss to the audience at the BET Honors Awards in Washington, DC Jan. 17, 2009.
The statement says Houston "deeply regrets having been forced to postpone the show." The tour will start in Manchester, England, on Thursday. She plans to make up the Paris date.
This is the latest problem for Houston on her world tour for her platinum comeback album, "I Look to You." Some earlier performances have been negatively received by some fans and the media, leading to concerns about her health. But Houston has said she is in great shape.
U.S. Pop singer Whitney Houston is suffering from a respiratory infection, according to U.S. media reports Tuesday.
The illness has forced the 46-year-old singer to cancel a concert in Paris, said the concert's organizers said.
"Whitney is suffering from an upper respiratory infection and after a consultation with her doctors has been advised to postpone her performance," said a statement from the concert's organizers. "Whitney and her band apologize that the show has to be rescheduled on such short notice."
The Paris concert, at the Paris-Bercy arena, was reported to be the first date in a European tour, the orgnizers added, saying a new date for Paris will be announced shortly.
But the next concert in the tour, in Manchester, UK on April 8, was still set to go ahead, said organizers.
Houston's "Nothing but Love" world tour began in South Korea in February with the singer performing in Japan then Australia.
Her performance in Australia was attacked by some critics, even her fans walked out of her concerts, complaining "she was off key, out of breath, and looked exhausted."
Her publicist Kristen Foster denied Houston was having health problems and insisted she was in great health and having a "terrific time on her tour and with her fans."
Houston is set to tour Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland by June.
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