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Dionne Warwick was forced to cancel her June 24 amusement successful Illinois pursuing a “medical incident,” per TMZ. Ticketholders received an email connected Thursday, June 15 letting them cognize they volition person a afloat refund, but were not offered much accusation regarding the 82-year-old singer’s health. “We regret to pass you that the Dionne Warwick show connected June 24, 2023 astatine Rivers Casino Des Plaines has been canceled owed to a aesculapian incident,” the email, which TMZ claimed to person obtained, read.
“All summons purchases volition person a afloat refund. Thank you for your understanding,” the email continued. “We look guardant to seeing you astatine different lawsuit successful the future.” The cancellation email was sent by the venue, Rivers Casino Des Plaines. Neither Dionne nor her squad has addressed the cancelation publicly.
Dionne Warwick smiles connected signifier successful Jan. 2023 (Photo: Shutterstock)
Dionne besides has upcoming gigs connected June 22 and 23, but determination person been nary reports connected their cancellation. After her June 24 show, she is scheduled to person a interruption and past execute again successful New York connected July 21, per her website. The “That’s What Friends Are For” hitmaker besides has 2 shows successful August taking spot successful Delaware and Kentucky.
Dionne roseate to fame during the 1950s and 1960s and became 1 of the astir palmy stars of the period acknowledgment to her compelling substance of popular and bushed and blues music. During a Jan. 2023 interview, she explained wherefore she was capable to link with each radical during a clip erstwhile euphony was racially segregated. “The fortunate happening is I could not beryllium categorized. That was a joy,” she recalled to The New York Times. “I look astatine — I inactive bash this precise time — and I proceed to preach the information that euphony is music.” Dionne is simply a five-time Grammy victor who continues to enactment retired projects, including her 2023 documentary, Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over.
Dionne Warwick poses astatine the Grammy Awards: MusiCares Person Of The Year lawsuit successful Feb. 2023 (Photo: Shutterstock)
During the NYT interview, she revealed she plans to discontinue successful Brazil and bash thing but instrumentality successful “the sunshine, the music, [and] the people” astir her. However, she has not announced immoderate existent strategy to retire. So, however does Dionne support truthful progressive and acceptable to sing for her fans? She lives her beingness to marque her happy, astir of all. “I don’t person things I telephone steadfast habits. I spell to the doc erstwhile she calls. I devour what I privation to eat. I haven’t changed my diet, and portion I don’t ‘exercise,’ I accidental I get a workout connected stage each night,” she told Parade in 2022.”Most of all, I support a affirmative cognition and don’t let accent into my life—it works for me.
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