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Article: Shirley Bassey to miss Mandela concert.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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DAME Shirley Bassey has pulled out of the Nelson Mandela concert following her emergency stomach operation, her spokesman said yesterday.
The 71-year-old singer, who lives in Monaco, had been expected to recover in time for Friday's event.
But she has now been advised not to travel after the operation in May.
Her spokesman Paul Carey said: "On the advice of her surgeon, Dame Shirley Bassey will now not be able to perform as scheduled at the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert.
He said she was "hugely disappointed."
Dame Shirley, who headlined the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in 2003, was rushed to hospital with abdominal pains ...