Gabriel Stops Concert After Feeling Faint

Superstar Juan Gabriel had to stop his concert in central Mexico after nearly fainting, the singer said on his Web site Monday.

Juan Gabriel Aguilera, a flashy star often compared to the late Liberace, was giving a concert in Puebla, 65 miles southeast of Mexico City, when he said his blood pressure rose and he felt faint.

"I was going to faint but I did everything I could to control myself and I managed to do so, but I could not continue because I needed air," Juan Gabriel wrote to fans on his Web site.

Juan Gabriel, who fell from the stage during a concert in 2005 in Houston, promised to take better care of himself. The six-time Grammy nominee is Mexico's top-selling artist. He has sold more than 30 million albums.