Kesha put her and her followers’ security first amid Texas’ lethal flash flooding occasion.
Following preliminary present delays that night, the singer, 38, took to her social media accounts on Tuesday, July 8, to announce the cancellation of her scheduled live performance at Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion.
“I needed to say thanks for popping out to assist an impartial artist. I’ve been so excited for tonight and to have fun my freedom and go tits out with all of you, however as a result of climate and what yall right here in Texas have been going through, I’ve to place your security first,” Kesha wrote throughout X and Instagram. “My coronary heart is with you Texas. I’m so sorry that I can’t play this present tonight due to the climate and for your whole security.”
The “TiK ToK” star famous that she hoped to reschedule the present the next night and that every one tickets can be legitimate for her second outing. “I’m going to remain right here in your stunning metropolis and are available again right here tomorrow and would like to play for all of you tomorrow evening,” she wrote. “Your entire tickets will probably be honored and I’m so sorry. Get residence secure, let’s occasion tomorrow.”
As information stood within the early hours of Wednesday, July 9, greater than 107 individuals have died because of catastrophic flash flooding all through the state. NBC Information reported the day prior that greater than 160 individuals remained lacking.
Celebrities have been impacted by the floods, together with nation singer Pat Inexperienced who introduced on Tuesday that his household have been personally affected. “Over the weekend, in the course of the devastating flooding that hit Central Texas, my household — like so many others — suffered a heartbreaking and deeply private loss,” Pat, 53, shared in a press release by way of Instagram on Monday, July 7. “We’re grieving alongside numerous Texans whose lives have been upended by this tragedy.”
Pat’s submit adopted one shared by his spouse, Kori Inexperienced, by way of Instagram that confirmed Pat’s youthful brother, John, and his spouse, Julia, in addition to the couple’s two kids “have been swept away within the Kerrville flood.”
On Sunday, July 6, information broke relating to the household of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt. FOX 4 reported on the time that the Hunt household had misplaced a nine-year-old woman who had attended Camp Mystic, a Christian summer season camp in Kerr County, that grew to become flooded over the weekend.
The tragedy was confirmed by Clark’s spouse, Tavia Hunt, by way of an Instagram Story that day. “Our hearts are damaged by the devastation from the floods in Wimberley and the tragic lack of so many lives — together with a treasured little Hunt cousin, together with a number of pal’s little ladies,” Tavia, 53, wrote on-line.