Katy Perry Postpones Tour Dates Due To Illness

Another day, another sick pop star cancels summer tour dates. Just two days after Taylor Swift announced to fans that she would have to postpone dates on her Speak Now Tour because of bronchitis, Katy Perry said on Friday (July 8) that she will have to postpone two dates on her California Dreams trek after suffering from "an attack of food poisoning leading to severe dehydration."

According to a statement from concert promoters Jam Productions, Perry has rescheduled her July 8 show at Chicago's Allstate Arena for August 21, and her July 9 gig at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center for August 23 in the same venues.

And once recovered, Perry said she plans to make it up to her fans. "I apologize to my fans in Chicago and the Twin Cities for not being able to perform this weekend, but I am going to return in a few weeks to give them the very best show ever!" she said.

Perry also took to Twitter to deliver the unfortunate news, tweeting, "Chicago and St. Paul - I'm so sorry to have to postpone today and tomorrow's shows. But I'll be back 8/21 (CHI) and 8/23 (St. Paul)!"

Despite the tour-date postponement, the pop singer has been riding high off of her mega-successful Teenage Dream album, which is closing in Michael Jackson's #1 singles record. If the LP's recently released "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" hits the top of the Billboard Hot 100, she'll become the first female artist to have five chart-topping songs off one album. Additionally, Perry will become the first artist to nab the record since Jackson, who had five #1 singles off his Bad album in the late-'80s.

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