Mariah Carey, still fighting off the flu, has announced the cancellation of her weekend Christmas concerts in New Jersey and New York.
“Newark and Belmont — I wish I had better news but unfortunately I’m still sick and have to cancel the shows tonight and on Sunday,” she wrote on social media Friday morning, referring to her concerts at Newark’s Prudential Center and Elmont’s UBS Arena. “I’m really devastated about it and appreciate your support.”
It doesn’t appear that either show will be rescheduled, though Ticketmaster assured fans they’d receive a full refund.
The cancellations come two days after the Grammy winner told fans in Pittsburgh she’d come down with the flu just hours before that concert was scheduled to begin.
As of Friday, the 55-year-old is still scheduled to perform at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Tuesday, wrapping up a 20-city trek of the annual Mariah Carey’s Christmas Time Tour.
Fans online have largely been supportive of the ailing diva, who’s became synonymous with the holiday season thanks to her chart-topping 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
Carey last performed on Monday in North Carolina where her 13-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe, delivered flowers to her onstage as it was announced the Christmas classic had returned to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the 15th time in 30 years.
Netflix subscribers can see Carey on Christmas Day when a taped performance of the hitmaker airs before a pair of NFL games streaming live on the platform.
Those wanting to see Carey perform live will have to wait until late January when she kicks off her “Celebration of Mimi” residency, which runs through Feb. 15 at the Park MGM in Las Vegas.
