Just hours before she would have gone onstage, Kelly Clarkson was forced to postpone the start of her Las Vegas residency in order to “protect myself from doing serious damage,” she told fans on Friday.

Kelly Clarkson said rehearsals for her new Las Vegas residency have "taken a toll on my voice" so she postponed the July 4 opening of the show to avoid "doing serious damage." She told fans, "I am taking this weekend and next week to rest up so that we can deliver what you all deserve.