Ashley McBryde Cancels Shows Amid Vocal Issues: ‘My Voice Needs Complete Rest to Heal’ 

Ashley McBryde is experiencing vocal issues and has been forced to cancel her concert appearances this week.

She took to social media to share the news with fans on Monday afternoon.  

“My voice has been struggling over the past few weeks, and as much as it pains me, I won’t be able to play my shows this week,” she wrote. “My doctors have made it crystal clear: my voice needs complete rest to heal.” 

She concluded her post by thanking fans for showing her grace, writing, “There’s nothing I want more than to be back giving you 100%. Thank you for understanding. I’ll see you soon.”

The GRAMMY winner has been battling vocal issues since last week. During this time, she revealed she was on vocal rest and encouraged fans to communicate with her using American Sign Language.

In a recent social media video, McBryde held up signs with written messages to share her update. Adding a fun twist, someone off-camera humorously voiced her words as she held up each sign.

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“Hi guys. So…I hurt my throat. So no talking if I want to be able to sing to you. This would be a good time to practice some ASL,” she wrote. “Say things like Hi! Nice to meet you! Good to see you! That way we don’t have to cancel meet and greets. Let’s try together.”

She proceeded to communicate using ASL and captioned the clip: “Trybe, doc says I’m working on busted up vocal cords. The last thing I wanna do is cancel any meet greets or Heaven forbid SHOWS. So let’s try this for this week!” 

According to her website, Ashley McBryde’s next scheduled shows are set for the weekend of August 22 and August 23 in Tampa, Florida and Orange Beach, Alabama.

McBryde recently shared plans to open Redemption Bar inside Eric Church’s Chief’s on Broadway in Nashville. It will serve as a welcoming space for those who are sober, serving up N-A drinks, including creative mocktails.

“As someone who is three years sober, the typical response to ‘do you have anything Non-Alcoholic?’ is either ‘why did you come to a bar if you aren’t gonna drink?’ or ‘you can have soda water and a lime I guess.’ Some of my favorite places to socialize became wildly unaccommodating when the only thing that changed was what was in my cup,” she shared with Rolling Stone. “It was vital that I create a space where not drinking is the forethought – normalized. You can get alcohol drinks in Redemption too, because everyone is welcome.”

The concept will open up this fall.