Portugal: Salvador Sobral cancels upcoming concerts citing health issues

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Unpleasant news is around today for the fans of this year’s Eurovision winner, Salvador Sobral. The Portuguese singer has decided to postpone three of his upcoming professional activities from his tour Excuse me, due to his already known health issues which have to be dealt with.

According to a press release uploaded on his official Facebook page, the concerts that are not going to take place as part of the scheduled dates are the following:

  • at the Festival F of Faro, Portugal
  • the part of the Excuse me tour, on 31 August
  • Alexander Search concert, on 1 September
  • and in the city of Anadia, Portugal on 2 September

The new date for the last concert in Anadia will be announced in due course.

The press release also reports that Salvador Sobral will be back on stage from the 8 September at the Cascais International Festival of Culture.

Here’s the complete schedule of Salvador’s tour in Portugal, Excuse me:

Опубліковано Salvador Sobral 26 липня 2017 р.

Salvador at Eurovision

Salvador Sobral was chosen to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, after winning the Portuguese national selection show, Festival da Canção in March with his entry Amar pelos dois (Loving for both of us), composed by his sister Luísa Sobral.

Due to his health problems, it was impossible for him to stay away from his health management for two weeks. Hence, the first two official Eurovision rehearsals of Portugal were performed by his sister.

Luísa Sobral took part in the technical rehearsals on 30 April and 4 May replacing her brother and afterwards Salvador took part in the dress rehearsals on 8 and 9 May.

Eventually, Portugal won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, scoring a record amount of 758 points. Here’s the winning performance of Salvador and Luísa at the end of the Grand Final:

After his victory, the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest will be taking place on 8, 10 and 12 May in Lisbon, Portugal.