On May 9th Morgan Wallen announced his Philadelphia Show at Citizens Bank Park for June 17 has been postponed for vocal rest. Then today, Morgan Wallen Announces New Date for His Postponed Philadelphia Concert.
“I got some bad news from my doctors at the Vanderbilt Voice Center yesterday, after taking 10 days of vocal rest,” Wallen said. “I performed three shows last weekend in Florida, and by the third one, I felt terrible. So I went in and got scoped yesterday and they told me that I re-injured my vocal chords and that I have vocal fold trauma. Their advice is that I go on vocal rest for six weeks. So that’s what I’m going to do.”
“They told me that if I do this the right way, that I’ll get back to 100%. And they also said that if I don’t listen and I keep singing and I’ll permanently damage my voice. So for the longevity of my career, this is just the choice I had to make. I hate it. But I love you guys and I appreciate all the support that you always give me.
“We’re working on rescheduling all the dates during this time frame. We’ve almost got that done, but some of ’em are pending, so I’ll keep you updated. I won’t be able to make these festivals that I have during this timeframe, but we are gonna make those right in the next year.”
Morgan was supposed to do a bunch of festivals as well, and it was just announced that Kenny Chesney will be filling in for him. Jason Aldean will be filling in for Morgan at the ACM’s. It will be interesting to see if Morgan ends up getting vocal surgery. There is a very famous doctor in Boston who has done everyone form John Mayer to Adele.
