Megan Moroney cancels Denver show mid-set because of illness: 'I just can't play'

Country music’s emo cowgirl Megan Moroney canceled her Denver amusement conscionable a fewer songs into her acceptable connected Tuesday.

The 28-year-old vocalist was hardly capable to get done her hits “Stupid,” “Medicine” and “Bless Your Heart” earlier she broke down successful beforehand of the Ball Arena assemblage and said she would request to nix the gig for wellness reasons.

A video connected TikTok captured the infinitesimal Moroney broke the quality to concertgoers. “I americium evidently highly sick, and I thought I did everything to marque myself better, and obviously, 2 songs in, I conscionable can’t play this amusement tonight,” Moroney said. “I volition marque it up to you guys. I perfectly committedness I’ll beryllium back. You’ll beryllium capable to come. But I privation to springiness you guys the amusement you deserve. I’m astir apt gonna spell outcry successful my dressing country now.”

Fans successful the assemblage could beryllium heard yelling, “No, you got this!”

In a since-expired Instagram story, Moroney apologized again and told Denver fans that the amusement had been rescheduled for Aug. 27, and that if they weren’t capable to marque the caller date, their tickets would beryllium refunded.

“I ne'er ever volition springiness you guys a amusement that is not 100% and by opus 3 I knew that I was not susceptible of giving that to you tonight,” she wrote. “I’m typing this arsenic I’m rather virtually bawling my eyes retired successful my dressing country & it hurts maine truthful overmuch to disappoint you all.”

The state hitmaker said she had ne'er had to cancel a amusement before.

In February, she released her 3rd medium successful little than 3 years, “Cloud 9,” which features chart-topper “6 Months Later,” and duets with Kacey Musgraves and Ed Sheeran. The aforesaid month, arsenic she geared up for her “Cloud 9 Tour” — which kicked disconnected May 29 successful Columbus, Ohio, and concludes Oct. 1 successful Belfast — she told The Times that she copies Kenny Chesney erstwhile grooming for the tally of back-to-back performances and beingness connected the road.

“Lots of cardio,” she said. “Treadmill portion singing. Lagree 3 to 4 times a week.”

If you’re unfamiliar with Lagree, Moroney said it’s “like Pilates but harder.”

“There’s a spot successful L.A. that killed maine — I couldn’t locomotion decently after. If you bash Lagree and an crystal bath successful the morning, past the worst portion of your time is already over. That’s however I look astatine it: Anything that comes my mode contiguous volition not suck arsenic overmuch arsenic this sucks close now,” she said. “There’s besides a fare of immoderate benignant — debased sugar, nary carbs, conscionable nutrient and vegetables. I’m benignant of copying Kenny and his regular due to the fact that helium gets successful brainsick shape. He does a freaking 31-day foodstuff cleanse. I tried to bash a foodstuff cleanse successful college, and by Day 2 I wanted to die. I’m not that committed.”

Moroney is slated to deed the signifier again connected Saturday astatine the Moda Center successful Portland, Ore., earlier she travels to Seattle, Sacramento and Los Angeles implicit the adjacent 2 weeks. She is scheduled to play Crypto.com Arena successful downtown L.A. connected Aug. 8.