The Disney favorite Selena Gomez still hasn’t recovered her voice. According to the Columbus Dispatch, fair officials released a statement saying that the singer is suffering from strained vocal cords and “has been ordered by her physician to rest her voice and not travel for a week.” And so, the teen singer had to postpone her performance at the Ohio State Fair on Thursday.
On Monday night, Selena stopped by late-night TV show “Lopez Tonight.” But being unable to speak, she used a Dynavox voice-enhancing machine without losing her sense of humor and tried to joke on the issue: “I’m sorry. I’m so upset, but at least it’s funny, right?” The star told George Lopez, about her friendship with fellow teen star Justin Bieber: “I love him. He’s like my little brother. I like to say his name onstage because if I’m performing badly, I say his name and the audience will cheer.” She even told him that at one show, Bieber asked her to take off her heels to make up for the height difference: “[I told him] ‘No, I’m not going to take off my heels. You’re short, embrace it.’ He’s getting taller, though.”
The 18-year-old singer also used the device to say how horrified she was to find three grey hairs on her head: “I freaked out. I ran to my mom and asked her what I should do. I asked if I should pluck them and she said I shouldn’t - it’s bad luck.” As a sign of appreciation for not scrapping her appearance on his show, Lopez gave Selena a “Wizard of Oz” gift basket as the film is her favorite.
Unfortunately, the “Wizards of Waverly Place” star could not use the same technology to perform at the scheduled shows. With a Dynavox voice-enhancing machine one cannot sing, so Selena had to cancel. ‘I am extremely disappointed to cancel these shows. My fans mean the world to me and I was so excited to perform for them,’ the singer said.
A full refund will be given to those who purchased their tickets directly from the Delaware State Fair and the Allstar Weekend performed a free concert in her place on Wednesday July 28 in the Wilmington Trust Grandstand. The good news is that she will honor tickets on November? 6 at the Celeste Center at the Ohio Expo Center and that she hasn’t yet rescheduled the shows on July 31 (in New York) and August 1 (in Connecticut).

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 7:07 am and is filed under News.