LeAnn Rimes Reveals Severe Health Battle, Cancels More Concerts

LeAnn Rimes is sidelining a few more shows. Not because she wants to, obviously — she’s dealing with covid that turned into severe laryngitis, and her doctor literally put a scope down her throat to confirm it. So, yeah, she’s on vocal rest.

What just moved (and when you can see her instead)

Rimes, 43, told fans on Friday, May 1 via Instagram Story that next week’s shows are getting bumped. Here’s what that looks like now:

• Waukegan, Illinois — now November 6
• Wilmington, Ohio — now November 7

All tickets from the original dates are still good. If the new nights don’t work, refunds are on the table.

She hates doing this — she said as much — but until her voice cooperates, it’s out of her hands. She did add that she’s eager to be back with everyone soon, so this isn’t a long goodbye, just a short detour.

This follows two earlier postponements

On Wednesday, April 29, she had already paused shows in Spokane and Seattle due to what she called a severe illness. Those are being rescheduled too. In short: a rough week on the tour calendar.

About that jaw release video everyone had an opinion on

If you saw Rimes trending recently, it was probably from the March video where she tries a deep jaw release session with Human Garage founder Garry Lineham. It’s a self-healing technique, and her reaction in the clip was intense — she gets emotional right as her jaw resets. The gist of what they were selling: the jaw can hold a ton of stress, your face and neck fascia can clamp down to protect you, and certain maneuvers can convince your nervous system to finally let that tension go. It read a little woo-woo to some viewers, which is why the discourse got loud.

Rimes heard the skeptics and pushed back in an Entertainment Weekly interview, saying the tears were real, not staged for the camera:

I can act, but I am not that good. I am not that good. I'm not Meryl Streep.

Health has been an ongoing storyline for her

This isn’t the first time she’s powered through or paused for medical stuff. Last year, she went viral mid-concert when her teeth literally fell out — something she’s talked about openly as a fallout from veneers and years of dental issues. She later said she spent roughly two and a half years in chronic pain, and you can see it in old photos where her face looks swollen. Not exactly the kind of press any artist wants, but she’s been upfront about it.

Bottom line: more LeAnn shows are coming — just in November for a couple of them. If you’ve got tickets, you’re covered. If you don’t, maybe this shuffle makes it easier to grab some. Either way, let the woman heal her vocal cords. The tour will be louder — and better — for it.