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SZA says her “voice is permanently injured”
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 30 May 2018
SZA has said that she has suffered permanent damage to her vocal cords. She performed live last night for the first time since cancelling a number of performances last week.
The singer dropped out of the TDE Championship Tour due to swollen vocal cords. Her manager Anthony Tiffith had said that that decision was made in order to “avoid permanent damage”.
She added in her own statement: “I’ve been touring for eleven months. This didn’t happen overnight. I’ve been troubleshooting for a while now. Usually steroids and pushing through help. They don’t this time. I’m not sick, my voice just won’t fucking work. If I don’t pause now I’ll be forced to pause permanently”.
Last night she returned to the tour to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York. However, after the show she said in a series of since deleted tweets: “My voice is permanently injured. Tonight was the test. That settles that. I just wanna be left alone, my priorities are fucked up. They’ve been fucked up. I need space, goodbye”.