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Sam Smith has apologised after stopping a concert in Manchester after just four songs, due to " vocal issues".

The 31-year-old opened the AO Arena gig with The Hit Unholy, having teased a " surprise'" during The Show on Social Media just hours earlier.

But fans were soon left bewildered when The Venue went dark, The Concert ground to a halt and The Star left The Stage .

The Crowd was then informed Smith was facing " vocal issues". The Star later posted to say they were " heartbroken".

Smith, who uses them/they pronouns, that they had contracted a virus several weeks ago, ahead of the European leg of their tour, but had only started to feel unwell at the start of Wednesday's show.

" Today in soundcheck I felt fine and was so excited to give Manchester an Amazing Show tonight, with a special surprise at The End , " they wrote.

" During my third song, I noticed something wrong with My Voice . I prayed it was just My Voice Waking Up for The Show but into The Fourth song I could feel something was really wrong. "

Smith added: " I came off stage and have tried everything to get My Voice back in gear but it won't. I Am honestly heartbroken I couldn't finish The Show tonight For You all. I Love You all. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry. "

Fans at The Venue shared their disappointment on Social Media .

" Gutted [the] Sam Smith show has been cancelled after four songs, " wrote Rach Payne on Twitter. " Truly devastating it was on its way to being an Amazing Show . "

" What a massive shame! Take Care Sam Smith you did sound amazing! " said Stephen Donne,

" Absolute bummer. Hope Sam Smith is well nonetheless and ready to perform again soon at full health! " added Will Dennigan.

Smith is a Brit and Grammy award-winner, known for songs such as Too Good at Goodbyes and I'm Not the Only One, and scored a third UK Number One album earlier this year with Gloria.

They recently pulled out of a gig in Glasgow and rescheduled an upcoming one in Birmingham, also on health grounds.

Source of news: bbc.com