Who's in: Kylie cancels two performances

Australian pop star Kylie Minogue was forced to cancel two upcoming concerts in Britain due to a respiratory tract infection, the event host said.

Minogue, who is back on tour following treatment for breast cancer discovered in mid-2005, also had to pull out halfway through a Saturday night performance in the northwest English city of Manchester due to the flu.

Organisers have said they hope that the cancellations will give Minogue time to recover for her next performances on Thursday and Friday, and Minogue's representatives said that rescheduling remained an option.

(China Daily 01/16/2007 page18)