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Medical issue forces Bonnie Raitt to cancel tour dates

30 of April 2018

Bonnie Raitt performs at the Acura Stage during the 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Saturday, April 28, 2018. (Scott Threlkeld /The Advocate via AP),Bonnie Raitt performs at the Acura Stage during the 2018 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Saturday, April 28, 2018. (Scott Threlkeld /The Advocate via AP)

Bonnie Raitt has pulled out of the first U.S. leg of a tour with James Taylor due to an unspecified "medical situation" that requires surgery. Raitt posted a statement on her Facebook page on Monday apologizing to fans and saying the medical issue arose following her annual physical. She says the prognosis is "good" and a full recovery is expected.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bonnie Raitt has pulled out of the first leg of her U.S. tour with James Taylor due to an unspecified “medical situation” that requires surgery.

Raitt on Monday posted a statement on her Facebook page apologizing to fans and saying the medical issue arose following her annual physical. She says the prognosis is “good” and a full recovery is expected.

The 68-year-old Grammy winner says she expects to rejoin Taylor for his tour’s second leg in June and a European tour in July.

Raitt’s hits include “Something To Talk About” and “I’m in the Mood.” She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

Raitt asks that she be given privacy and “space to heal.”