Olly Murs shares health update after cancelling live show just hours before going on stage

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Olly Murs has issued a health update after he was once again forced to cancel a performance hours before going on stage. “To everyone here in Dubai, unfortunately due to doctor’s orders I am having to cancel tonight’s show at Bla-Bla because of a throat infection,” he wrote in a post on Instagram. He apologised to disappointed fans as he wrote, “So sorry to everyone at the @takethat show tonight in Glasgow, unfortunately I won’t be there, I have been at London Heathrow from 11am this morning for my flight but after several delays and then a cabin crew incident our @British_Airways flight got cancelled!” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up He continued: “Don’t think I’ve ever missed a gig before, am so annoyed! Singer Daniel Rooney had been performing at the RED Raddison Hotel around the corner when Scottish host Ross King spotted the artist and recommended him to Take That’s Gary Barlow after Murs cancelled.