A day after collapsing onstage during her New York City show, Lola Young cancelled her Washington, D.C. concert.
While singing ‘Conceited’ at the All Things Go Music Festival at Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday (9.27,) the 24-year-old songstress suffered a medical issue and was taken backstage by medical staff.
Later reassuring fans that she was fine, the British-born singer pulled out of the Washington, D.C. leg of the festival on Sunday (9.28.) and took to social media with “Hi, for anyone who saw my set at All Things Go today, I am doing OK now. Thank you for all of your support, Lola xxx.”
In a subsequent Instagram statement, Young wrote:
“I’m sorry to confirm that I won’t be playing All Things Go in DC today.” “I love this job and I never take my commitments and audience for granted so I’m sorry to those who will be disappointed by this.” “I hope you’ll all give me another chance in the future. Thank you to all those who listen and care. To all the people that love to be mean online, pls give me a day off.”
Prior to the medical incident, Lola told her New York audience that she’d had a tough couple of days saying “Sometimes life can really make you feel like you can’t continue, but you know what, today I woke up and I made the decision to come here, and I wanted to be cool … and sometimes life can throw you lemons, and you just gotta make lemonade.”
Young’s latest health emergency came just a day after she pulled out of the Audacy’s We Can Survive concert, with her manager Nick Shymansky explaining on Instagram Stories that the singer had done so “due to a sensitive matter.”
After checking into rehab last year to address her drug addiction, earlier this month Lola reflected on her “struggle” with sobriety, telling the Guardian newspaper:
“It’s been a struggle – I’ve definitely had to work on some internal healing while grappling with touring and stuff … ” “I’ve had to be away for a bit while battling with things. But it teaches you a lot, being addicted to substances. It makes you more empathetic about other people that have gone through that. It’s just a constant journey.”
Explaining that she is “very grateful and appreciative” to have been given the chance to access help and support, Young added:
“A lot of people don’t have the privilege of being able to do that. A lot of people suffer from addiction, and a lot of people are in that personal journey [to recovery].” “Anyone who knows that feeling will know it’s not linear, it’s always up and down, but it’s down to dysregulation of dopamine … coming out as ADHD as well and being diagnosed, that’s been hard to deal with.”
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Author: Saul Goode
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