Nicki Minaj cancels UK festival show
Nicki Minaj performs on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
/ Charles Sykes(AP) NEW YORK - Nicki Minaj has canceled her appearance at this weekend's V Festival in the United Kingdom because of damage to her vocal chords.
Her representative says in an email that Minaj will have to back out of her shows on Saturday and Sunday because of "strained vocal chords."
Minaj performed a free concert in New York City on Wednesday, though she had been advised by her doctor to rest.
Her rep now says her voice is "worse," and that recent X-rays show that the singer-rapper must "rest her voice for a few days."
The two-day V Festival also features The Killers, David Guetta, LMFAO and The Stone Roses.
Minaj performed for more than two hours at her New York show. It featured Drake, Lil Wayne and Foxy Brown.
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- Sorry to hear about her strained vocal cords...but it will give my strained eardrums a chance to rest!
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- I hope it's permanent.
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- need to get out more. never heard of this one.
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- I never heard of her before she flipped off America at the Super Bowl. I think America flipped right back.
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- That wasn't Minaj. It was M.I.A. who flipped off the crowd during the SuperBowl performance.
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- You're right....my apologies to "Minaj".
