TOKYO (AFP) ― Former Beatle Paul McCartney has canceled his Japan tour due to illness, organizers said on Tuesday, days after he apologized to fans for missing a pair of weekend concerts.
The 71-year-old English pop veteran ― one of two living members of The Beatles ― had already canceled planned performances at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday and Sunday, after coming down with an unspecified virus.
He “will regrettably have to cancel the remaining Japanese shows. Paul is still not feeling better and this cancellation is unavoidable,” organizer Kyodo Tokyo said in a statement.
A company spokesman said the music legend was “staying at a hotel in Tokyo and doctors are with him,” but added that it was “unclear” if he would still perform at a South Korean tour scheduled for May 28.
