John Barrowman was being forced to cancel shows at the start of a tour, John Barrowman who is 52-year-old said he had been advised by doctors to cancel his Fabulous Christmas shows this weekend.
He said before the procedure that he was to have “some small needles then some very big ones put into my neck”.
The Star of Doctor Who updated fans on social media after he was taken to hospital in Bristol on Saturday.
He furthered more saying,
“I am so disappointed and upset as I was looking forward to seeing you all, I feel I am letting everyone down, but it’s simply not possible for me to do the show in my current condition,” he wrote on his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
The Doctor Who and Torchwood star was due to take to the stage at the Bristol Hippodrome on Saturday night and at the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow on Sunday.
He later posted an update on his condition on social media on Sunday, revealing he had had an MRI scan “and they’ve found the root of the problem”.
“Hopefully a series of intra spinal injections will reduce inflammation and get me back up and running again in time for Monday’s show in Manchester,”.
Mr Barrowman said the injury had made it “impossible to sing and move” in an Instagram message to fans on Saturday afternoon.
Ticket holders for the Bristol performance have been told they can receive a refund or transfer to the performance in Oxford on December 14.
A performance at the SEC Armadillo in Glasgow on Sunday night was postponed to December 3.
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