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Bobby Womack, Photo, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

Bobby Womack, Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bobby Womack Cancels Sydney Opera House Concert

by Paul Cashmere on May 24, 2013

in Live,News

American veteran soul star Bobby Womack has cancelled his performance at the Sydney Opera House tonight (Friday, May 24) due to health concerns.

Bobby Womack, Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

Bobby Womack: Photo by Ros O'Gorman

69-year old Womack was scheduled to perform at Sydney’s iconic venue tonight and again tomorrow. The Saturday show was to be the official opening of the Vivid Live festival.

The show tonight will not be rescheduled and at this stage the Vivid opening night show tomorrow is still going ahead as planned.

A statement from the Sydney Opera House reads, “We have just been advised due to health reasons, and as a precaution, Bobby Womack will not be performing tonight at 9pm. We fully expect tomorrow’s performance to proceed as scheduled.

“All tickets for tonight will be automatically refunded.”

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