It’s not exactly a Christmas miracle, but it’s definitely better than a sharp candy cane in the eye. After cancelling a string of shows due to a battle with the flu, Mariah Carey promised her fans that she will close out her Christmas Time tour in style by making it back to the stage for the final scheduled show.
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“Lambs, thank you for making my #Christmastime so special,” Carey wrote in a post on Monday (Dec. 16) that featured photos and videos from previous stops on the holiday tour. “I’ve loved singing with you every night, and I can’t wait to see you all tomorrow in Brooklyn for the last show of the tour.”
The accompanying photo dump included a dramatic shot from behind of Carey staring out at an arena of fans holding up their phone flashlights, as well as a video of that moment in which she’s singing her beloved 1993 classic “Hero” and her Lambily help her out with group backing vocals. The slides also included pics of fans freaking out as the singer wades out into the crowd and a homemade sign that read “You are my safe space,” which Carey signed.
Carey was forced to cancel her show at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on Dec. 11, writing, “Pittsburgh, I am sorry to say, I’ve come down with the flu. It breaks my heart that I unfortunately have to cancel tonight’s show. I love you all so much.”
Then, in a message posted on the morning of her planned performance in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center on Friday she told Lambs she was “still sick” and had to call off that show, as well as the one slated for Sunday (Dec. 15) at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY.
No worries, though, MC promises she’ll be back at it tonight (Dec. 17) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Carey’s perennial holiday hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” is back at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 14, marking the song’s 15th collective week at No. 1 on the chart.
