Justin Bieber Reveals Illness Causing Facial Paralysis Is Behind Recent Tour Postponement

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“For those who are frustrated by my cancelations of the next shows, I’m just physically, obviously, not capable of doing them,” said Justin Bieber in an Instagram video post today. “There’s full paralysis on this side of my face.”On Tuesday, Bieber announced that he was postponing the next few shows of his 130-date Justice World Tour due a “non-Covid related illness.” His next few stops were to include Toronto, Washington, D.C.

and Madison Square Garden. The next shows still listed on his official tour web site are the MSG appearances Monday and Tuesday.This is the fourth time Bieber has had to pause or postpone the tour.

It was bumped from 2020 to 2021 and then to 2022 because of Covid. Earlier this year, it had to be postponed yet again when he got Covid.The singer wrote on Tuesday, “Can’t believe I’m saying this.

I’ve done everything to get better but my sickness is getting worse.”He said the cause is Ramsay Hunt Syndrome which, according to a Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry article, “is peripheral facial nerve palsy.” Other regular symptoms and signs of the syndrome include tinnitus, hearing loss, nausea, vomiting, vertigo and nystagmus, none of which are good for a performer onstage.According to the Mayo Clinic, “Ramsay Hunt syndrome is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.