Another show cut short due to illness.
If you remember a couple of weeks ago, Parker McCollum was forced to end his show in State College, Pennsylvania after just a handful of songs when he tried to push through a stomach bug and wasn’t able to finish.
Parker apologized to fans, saying that he was “violently sick” and refunding all the tickets while promising to return soon to give them the show they deserve.
And now apparently the flu has hit Kelsea Ballerini and forced her to cut a show short too.
The pop country superstar was performing in Buffalo, New York at the KeyBank Center tonight, and some fans were already surprised that the show wasn’t canceled after Kelsea told the crowd that she was suffering from the flu during her show at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit Michigan on Tuesday:
But everything seemed to be getting better, with Kelsea providing an update today that the show would go on and that she was on the mend, saying that the meds were doing their job even though she still wasn’t 100%.
Apparently once she got out on stage though, Kelsea realized she wasn’t going to be able to keep going.
After just five songs, a member of Kelsea’s team appeared on stage and let the crowd know that the show was over and that they would have to reschedule:
“This is the conversation I did not want to have tonight. She just can’t finish, she is too sick, and we’ve given everything, we’ve tried to do it, and we unfortunately cannot finish the show tonight. I do not know much beyond that. We are going to look at options and you will be receiving emails. Beyond that, there is not much that I can say right now…
The show’s officially over tonight. Communication will be sent out. Thank you very much for your understanding.”
@courtlangelotti @Kelsea Ballerini buffalo concert cancelled after hole in the bottle. Kelsea, we hope you’re okay🤍 #kelseaballerini #patterns
You could tell from the videos of the songs that she was able to perform that Kelsea clearly wasn’t feeling well and was struggling to make it through, so it was obviously for the best that she ended the show to get some rest and heal up:
@therealclarissa2013 #kelseaballerini #flu #concertcancelled #buffalony #keybank #gobills #buffalokeybankcenter #716
And after the show was called off, she took to social media to apologize and provide an update to fans, announcing that not only would tonight’s show be rescheduled but her next two shows would also be rescheduled:
“Buffalo, I am so so sorry that I could not finish the show tonight. I am sicker than I’m trying to be, and I did not want to let anyone down tonight, and I just got through the first few songs and I couldn’t do it. And I am so sorry, but I never want to give you a half-ass show. We are rescheduling tonight, Buffalo, tomorrow, Pittsburgh, and the next day, Toronto, to the end of the tour…
And I will make them the best shows I’ve ever played in my whole life, and I will pull out every stop for you, and I will make it so worth it. I’m going to go rest now, and get better, so I can really show up for the rest of this tour, and I hope you understand, and thank you for the grace to be human.”
— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) February 7, 2025
The Buffalo show is now scheduled for April 11, while Kelsea will be in Pittsburgh on April 12 and Toronto on April 13.
Hopefully she gets better soon and is able to get back out on the road.