Aretha Franklin’s Toronto show postponed
Aretha Franklin’s much anticipated show in Toronto, scheduled for Canada Day, has been postponed till 2018 on doctor’s orders.
Franklin, 75, rated the greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone, was to have played the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts that night.
But the TD Toronto Jazz Festival said Monday that “as per doctor’s orders, Aretha Franklin cannot make the trip to Toronto this week.”
Her show has been rescheduled to the 2018 jazz fest with a date of June 28
Holders of tickets for this weekend’s gig have the option of getting refunds or keeping them for the new date.
See torontojazz.com for more information.
Franklin performed in her hometown of Detroit earlier this month, reportedly telling the enthusiastic crowd, “Keep me in your prayers.”