Country star cuts Buffalo concert short after 6 songs, reschedules show – syracuse.com
Kelsea Ballerini attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesA country star cut a concert in Western New York short after six songs, but don’t worry: She’ll be back.Kelsea Ballerini was performing at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Thursday night, two days after she struggled to get through a performance in Detroit due to the flu. Ballerini assured fans that she was getting better, but soon realized she was still sick.Fan videos showed Ballerini performing favorites like “Love Me Like You Mean It” at less than 100% of her abilities. Another video showed a member of Ballerini’s team appearing on stage after “Hole in the Bottle” to let the audience know the show was ending early and would be rescheduled.Ballerini later apologized on social media, announcing that she would also postpone shows planned for Friday in Pittsburgh and Saturday in Toronto.“Buffalo, I am so so sorry that I could not finish the show tonight. I am sicker than I’m trying to be, and I did not want to let anyone down tonight, and I just got through the first few songs and I couldn’t do it,” Ballerini said. “And I am so sorry, but I never want to give you a half-ass show. We are rescheduling tonight, Buffalo, tomorrow, Pittsburgh, and the next day, Toronto, to the end of the tour… And I will make them the best shows I’ve ever played in my whole life, and I will pull out every stop for you, and I will make it so worth it. I’m going to go rest now, and get better, so I can really show up for the rest of this tour, and I hope you understand, and thank you for the grace to be human.”The Buffalo concert has been rescheduled for April 11. Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored for the new date.pic.twitter.com/V0fQqwlA4jBallerini also moved her Pittsburgh date to April 12 and Toronto to April 13.Tickets for all three shows will also be available on VividSeats, StubHub, and SeatGeek.Ballerini, who is on her first arena tour as a headliner, is expected to return to performing Monday, Feb. 10, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.Ballerini is a Grammy-nominated country-pop singer who has released five albums, featuring popular songs like “Peter Pan,” “I Quit Drinking,” “If You Go Down (I‘m Goin’ Down Too)” and ”Miss Me More.” She’s also collaborated with big names like The Chainsmokers (“This Feeling”), Noah Kahan (“Cowboys Cry Too”) and Kenny Chesney (“Half Of My Hometown”).Kelsea Ballerini opens for Rascal Flatts at the Lakeview Amphitheater, Geddes, N.Y., Saturday, June 24, 2016.
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