{"id":4222,"date":"2018-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/neil-diamond-cancels-concerts-following-parkinsons-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T02:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:07:16","slug":"neil-diamond-cancels-concerts-following-parkinsons-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/neil-diamond-cancels-concerts-following-parkinsons-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Diamond cancels concerts following Parkinson&#8217;s diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Diamond has sadly cancelled his upcoming Australian performances after being diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p>He released the following statement to his website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It is with great reluctance and disappointment that I announce my retirement from concert touring,&#8221; Diamond said on his website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I have been so honoured to bring my shows to the public for the past 50 years. My sincerest apologies to everyone who purchased tickets and were planning to come to the upcoming shows.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BdbDBcQhA4e\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">  <p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BdbDBcQhA4e\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Neil Diamond (@neildiamond)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-01-01T21:52:35+00:00\">Jan 1, 2018 at 1:52pm PST<\/time><\/p><\/blockquote> <script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI plan to remain active in writing, recording and other projects for a long time to come.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy thanks go out to my loyal and devoted audiences around the world. You will always have my appreciation for your support and encouragement. This ride has been \u2018so good, so good, so good\u2019 thanks to you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Neil turns 77 tomorrow, and had been due to tour Australia this March and April.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neildiamond.com\/news\/neil-diamond-announces-retirement-concert-touring-australian-new-zealand-tour-dates-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information regarding a ticket refund can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you the best Neil!<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Getty \/&nbsp;Scott Dudelson<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wish you all the best Neil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,209],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-4222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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