Daryl Hall ends Vancouver concert after 3 songs; management says he has COVID
Rock icon and singer-songwriter Daryl Hall walked off stage after only three songs in Vancouver on Wednesday night, his set cut short due to an unspecified illness.
In a statement Thursday afternoon, Hall's manager Jonathan Wolfson confirmed that the musician has tested positive for COVID-19.
"Daryl feels horrible about having to cancel and would like to thank the many concerned fans for their well wishes," Wolfson said, adding that Hall's scheduled performance in Boise, Idaho, on Friday had also been cancelled.
The musician, perhaps best known as one-half of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo Hall & Oates, told the crowd of thousands at the Pacific Coliseum Wednesday that he didn't feel well and could not continue the concert.
The abbreviated show was part of the PNE's summer concert series at the coliseum.
"After performing three songs he left the stage because he was not well and couldn't return," PNE spokesperson Laura Ballance said in a statement Thursday morning.
"He wants his fans in Vancouver to know how sorry he is and he looks forward to returning to Vancouver soon," Ballance added.
"I know that the PNE, along with all of his fans here in B.C., are sending him our best wishes to feel better soon."
All ticketholders will be refunded in full through their original form of payment, the PNE spokesperson said.
The 77-year-old Hall was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 alongside bandmate John Oates.
The Philadelphia duo recorded a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s while Hall pursued a simultaneous solo career.
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