Jessie J has canceled her upcoming U.S. tour dates and postponed her shows in Europe, with the star explaining that she must now undergo a second surgery to treat her breast cancer during the period of time she was supposed to be on the road.
In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday (Aug. 28), the vocalist cut straight to the chase, telling followers she’d rather be “blunt” than get emotional on camera. “Unfortunately I have to have a second surgery,” she said. “Nothing too serious, but it has to be done by the end of this year. This falls in the middle of the tour I had booked.”
“I’m so sorry, I feel frustrated and sad,” Jessie added. “But I need to be better, I need to be healed.”
The canceled performances include all of the shows the “Price Tag” singer had scheduled for this November. Her October concerts in Europe have all been pushed to April 2026.
Jessie’s update comes about three months after she first revealed that, shortly before the release of her single “No Secrets” in April, she’d received an “early breast cancer” diagnosis. Later in June, she announced that she’d undergone her first surgery to treat the cancer.
Six weeks after that, Jessie returned to the hospital with symptoms that turned out to be the result of an infection, though her doctors had originally suspected she had a blood clot.
In July, when Jessie underwent tests showing that her cancer had not spread, she shared the emotional moment with Instagram followers. “Happy tears are real,” she wrote at the time. “Thank YOU for the prayers, the love, the well wishes, the joy and all the positive energy.”
See Jessie’s post below.
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