Aretha Franklin cancels Toronto concert on doctor’s orders

Aretha Franklin is cancelling her rescheduled Toronto concert on doctor’s orders.

The 76-year-old soul icon was booked to perform at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival in June, making up for a concert slated for last summer.

But a representative for the jazz festival says Franklin “has been ordered not to perform in the coming months.”

The upcoming Toronto date was the only Canadian concert on her schedule.

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Fans who bought tickets through Ticketmaster or the Sony Centre Box Office will be contacted and receive a full refund.

Franklin was originally booked to play a Canada Day show last summer at Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. She was forced to delay that concert due to health issues.

The singer recently cancelled a March show booked in New Jersey and an appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in late April.