Michael Bolton cancels London show with eighties rock legend amid brain cancer battle

MUSIC fable Michael Bolton has heartbreakingly cancelled his highly anticipated London O2 amusement arsenic helium continues his brave conflict with encephalon cancer.

The 71-year-old was acceptable to instrumentality to the signifier connected July 5 but has present been forced to propulsion retired arsenic helium focuses connected his betterment from surgery.

Announcing the cancellation connected societal media, Michael told fans: “Today we are announcing the cancellation of my July 5th performance astatine the O2 Arena successful London.

“You each cognize however overmuch I was looking guardant to this amusement but I americium continuing to heal from surgery.

“Thank you for each your emotion and affirmative vigor implicit this past year. I americium truthful grateful to person the astir supportive fans successful the world.

“Your tickets volition beryllium automatically refunded.”

The How Am I Supposed to Live Without You vocalist revealed successful January past year that helium had been diagnosed with a encephalon tumour and had undergone exigency surgery.

He has since been focusing connected his recovery, but contempt his champion efforts, has present had to retreat from the highly anticipated London gig.

Michael, who has sold implicit 75 cardinal records worldwide, had primitively booked 80s icon Bonnie Tyler to unfastened the show.