Sam Smith is silenced – for now

Four-time Grammy winner Sam Smith has revealed to fans on Instagram that he will be off the stage for at least the next weeks because of a hemorrhage on his vocal cord.

‘I am very upset to announce I have been battling to get my vocal cords better the last 10 days but unfortunately they haven’t recovered and I am going to need surgery,’ he writes.

Smith was forced to cancel his Australian tour because of his medical condition and will also not be able to perform on the Billboard Music Awards later this month.

‘By doing this in 8 weeks time I’m gonna be able to sing like never before so it’s worth it,’ he wrote on Instagram. ‘I am so sorry to all. Dreading the next month thou, I can’t speak for THREE WEEKS after the op.’