Lola Young cancels performances for ‘foreseeable future’ after collapsing onstage

“Messy” singer Lola Young has notified fans that she is ‘going away for a while’ after she collapsed onstage at the All Things Go festival last weekend.

Bisexual singer Lola Young was performing at the All Things Go festival at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York (27 September), when social media videos appeared to show the 24-year-old taking a step backwards before collapsing on stage while performing “Conceited” from her second album This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway.

She offered fans a health update shortly afterwards, and cancelled a subsequent festival appearance planned for Washington, DC, for the following day.

Young has now confirmed via an Instagram Post that she is “going away for a while” to focus on herself before returning to performing.

“I’m going away for a while. It pains me to say I have to cancel everything for the foreseeable future,” she wrote.

“Thank you for all the love and support. I’m so sorry to let anyone down who has bought a ticket to see me, it hurts me more than you know.

“Obviously you will be entitled to a full refund. I really hope you’ll give me a second chance once I’ve had some time to work on myself and come back stronger. Love you all, Lola x.”

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Before she collapsed onstage, Lola Young told the crowd earlier in her performance that she had “had a tricky couple of days” due to a “sensitive matter”.

The singer’s team had previously cancelled a performance at New Jersey’s Prudential Centre on Friday (26 September).

Her initial health update to fans read: “I love this job and I never take my commitments and audience for granted so I’m sorry to those who will be disappointed by this.”

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