Paloma Faith cancels her gig hours before she is due to perform due to illness - just days ahead of her Glastonbury performance

Paloma Faith has been forced to cancel her Southampton gig just hours ahead of the performance this evening after falling ill.

The singer,42,who is due to play Glastonbury on Sunday,has had to pull out of Friday's performance due to exhaustion and losing her voice. 

In a social media statement,Paloma said: 'I'm incredibly upset and disappointed to announce that I need to cancel my show tonight in Southampton.

Paloma,who shares two children with her ex Leyman Lahcine,continued: 'After suffering from exhaustion and catching various illnesses from my kids my voice has been severely affected and my range is compromised.

'I have sought advice from medical professionals,they have advised that I need to rest my voice and that means I've had to cancel tonight's show.'

Fans were disappointed to her the news,but sent Paloma well wishes in the comment section of her post: 'I'm very sad to hear this,but of course you must do what's best'

Paloma FaithGlastonbury