Justin Timberlake was set to perform a solo concert in London at the Roundhouse in Camden on Friday night (Feb. 23). However, the event was abruptly canceled due to illness, as announced last week.
The singer conveyed his apologies and regrets to his fans via a video message, acknowledging the inconvenience caused by the last-minute cancellation.
“Hi everybody,” he croaked in an Instagram Story post. “This is an unfortunate video to have to send out, but I’m sure you can tell from the sound of things that I am not going to be able to make it to the show on Friday, which I’m gutted about.”
He noted that he’d been in London all week and was “so excited” to perform at the legendary theater.
“But as you may or may not know, I’ve been battling some kind of bug,” he added.
“And I thought it was getting better but it just took a turn for the worse.”
Justin Timberlake promised his London fans he would make it up to them after he was able to “power through” his visit to Graham Norton’s chat show, which also nearly got scorched.
But on Friday morning, he said he woke up feeling “worse than ever,” pledging that the next time he comes through he can hopefully make it up to them and “rock the Roundhouse” with his fans.
“But for now I feel terrible… I hope none of you get this flu,” he said.
Earlier this week, Timberlake posted a preview of his just-released new single, “Drown,” playing a bit of it solo on a piano while acknowledging his illness.
“Made it out to London, still recovering from this flu. But trying to power through. So excited for new music and everything coming this week,” he wrote at the time.
The news came on the same day that JT released his introspective new single, “Drown,” the second song so far from his upcoming Everything I Thought It Was album (March 15); the first single, “Selfish,” debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Timberlake’s upcoming North American tour is scheduled to start on April 29 in Vancouver and continue until July 9 in Lexington, KY, before heading to Europe for his recently announced 13-gig overseas run.
Additionally, the singer has expanded the North American leg, adding 15 more shows that extend the tour until a Nov. 20 performance at KFC Yum Center in Louisville, KY.