Cesaria Evora Hospitalized, Cancels Tour

Cesária ÉvoraCape Verdean singer Cesária Évora has been hospitalized due to cardiac problems. On Monday, May 10, she was admitted into a Paris hospital, and immediately ushered into surgery. The event follows a stroke the 68-year old survived in April, 2008.

Her last performance was this past Saturday in Lisbon, after which she fell ill. Evora was in the midst of promoting her newest album, 'Nha Sentimento,' and recently won a lifetime achievement award at the 2010 Kora Awards.

The tour dates she's been forced to cancel can be seen after the jump.

Canceled Cesaria Evora tour dates:
15/05: Bucharest, Romania
16/05: Lausanne, Switzerland
18/05: Istanbul, Turkey
20/05: Brussels, Belgium
22/05: Bydgoszcz, Poland
24/05: Helsinki, Finland
21/06: Bursa, Turkey
24/06: Washington DC, USA
25/06: New York, USA
26/06: Boston, USA
28/06: Toronto, Canada
30/06: Montreal, Canada
05/07: Rome, Italy
10 & 11/07: Shanghai, China
15/07: Olympia, Greece
16/07: Athens, Greece
21/07: Hammamet, Tunisia
23/07: Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
25/07: Mhze, France
27/08: Belem, Brazil

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