Britney Spears suffered a knee injury while performing in Illinois, forcing the pop star to cancel concerts in Chicago and Detroit, a spokeswoman for her record label said.
The singer hurt herself during a dance routine toward the end of her show Thursday night in Moline, Ill. Spears was singing one of her new songs, “Boom Boom,” according to “Entertainment Tonight.”
Minutes later, the syndicated television program reported, the 22-year-old pop star reappeared on stage in a white bathrobe and apologized to the audience for not being able to continue. She’d planned two more encore songs.
Spears, 22, was expected to resume her to “Onyx Hotel Tour” in Atlanta next Tuesday and would reschedule the missed concert dates for sometime in April, the spokeswoman said
Spears began her "Black Onyx Hotel" tour on March 2 in San Diego. The tour was slated to play more than 25 cities in North America before visiting Europe, Latin America and Asia later this year. She is slated to return to the United States on June 22 in Hartford, Conn., before wrapping up the tour on August 3 in Selma, Texas.
Kelis and Skye Sweetnam are the opening acts for the first round of U.S. dates, which closes April 10 in East Rutherford, N.J. Support acts have not been announced for the summer shows.