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"Here&amp;apos;s hoping Florence Welch&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Dog Days Are Over&amp;quot; sooner than later.\r\nThe Florence + the Machine singer, 25, has been forced to cancel two performances at the Benicassim Festival in Spain and the Optimus Alive Festival in Portugal, Welch announced via Facebook July 10.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Thank you so much for all your messages of support,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;Yes, it&amp;apos;s true. It finally happened. I&amp;apos;ve lost my voice.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve sustained a vocal injury and been told I cannot sing for a week. Seriously I felt something snap, it was very frightening,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;I am so, so sorry. I&amp;apos;m so sorry to all the fans, I was desperate to still perform, but was told without question not to, so as not to do permanent damage.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe &amp;quot;Shake It Out&amp;quot; singer also apologized via Twitter during a doctor&amp;apos;s visit July 12. &amp;quot;They have to put a camera down my throat,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;What will they see down there. . .Jeepers. All my lost belongings. . .a few souls. . .a bat.&amp;quot;\r\nNo word yet on whether the band plans to reschedule their missed concerts."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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