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Professor Green cancels tour after fracturing neck

By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 13 February 2019

Professor Green has cancelled a UK tour hours before the first show after he fractured his neck in a fall during a seizure.

The tour was due to begin at The Globe in Cardiff last night. However, the rapper said in a series of Instagram posts that, while he was packing to leave for the tour, he had a seizure, which caused him to fall and injure his neck.

“I had seizure this morning which resulted in a fall while I was packing for tour”, he wrote. “Depending on how you look at this fall I was extremely lucky. I fractured vertebrae in my neck and subsequently had to cancel my tour that was due to start today. I’ll be back in the winter with a bigger tour. I’ve had two further seizures and am lucky I didn’t break my neck. Really fucking lucky. Thanks for bearing with me. Most importantly thank you to our NHS, heroes amongst men (and women)”.

In a post on a second Instagram account, he revealed that he had never had a seizure before yesterday. And despite the further seizures in hospital, doctors could apparently not identify the cause.

“There’s one theory”, he wrote. “I’ve run myself into the ground doing way too much, over stretching myself as per usual and it’s finally caught up on me. Seems quite likely. I’m gonna use this time to implement all the self-care I encourage others to put into practice – and it’s going to stay in practice as there’s nothing like nearly breaking your neck to put things into perspective”.

As well as the Cardiff show, dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Brighton have been cancelled. Refunds available at the point of purchase.