Pink’s health is still on shaky ground as she gears up to return to the stage following multiple postponed concerts due to an upper respiratory illness and a gastric virus. The singer shared an update on Tuesday, Aug. 7, on Instagram, alerting fans that she’d been rushed back to the hospital on Monday after having been discharged. Pink, who’s been on tour — along with her kids, Jameson and Willow — in Australia, thanked “all the kind people out there” who’d wished her “a speedy recovery,” then explained that she’d been forced to cancel her show in Sydney at the last minute because of the “excruciating pain” that sent her back to the hospital. “That was the reason for the late cancellation. It was out of anyone’s control, and of course, wasn’t planned that way,” she wrote. “I was discharged from hospital last night, and am following doctors orders of liquids and rest. A lot of you know how physical my shows are, and that I don’t just stand in front a microphone and sing. I flip, dance, fly, harness, silk, and scream my way through a total s— show of awesomeness (no pun intended). Therefore, I need to be physically healthy and well in order to perform this show. I think all of you deserve the full show and me at my best.” She went on to say she planned to perform on Saturday and would be “drinking green tea and spending time with my kids” until then. Finally, Pink addressed paparazzi who published a photo of Pink at Byron Bay on the beach with her daughter amid the cancelations. “That’s a warning to paparazzi, you might actually see me walking upright outside of my hotel room cage with two little children, and another warning: I might even smile. Not too much, though. I’ll try to control the smiling,” she wrote. (Earlier this week, she slammed the paps for the photo, explaining on Instagram that she’d planned to have a break in Byron Bay since last year.) “My sincere apologies to any of the ticket holders that this has affected, the rescheduled dates will be announced today,” she wrote at the end of the latest update. “Thank you for your patience, compassion, and support. I look forward to rocking out with all of you as we have done for many many years …” Pink then thanked “the amazing doctors and nurses at St Vincent’s Hospital for taking such good care of me and getting me home to my kids.”
