The singer confirmed that she feared she had damaged her vocal cords Shirley Manson has shared an update on her health, following Garbage recently cancelling a number of tour dates. It comes after the band revealed last week (August 1) that they would be axing the remaining 2024 shows due to an injury suffered by the frontwoman. While details at the time remained sparse, the statement shared did say that the NME Icon Award-winner would “require surgery and rehabilitation to correct” her injury, and that the decision to cancel shows was not “taken lightly”.
“No one is more crushed about this than I am. You know I would push through if I could,” Manson wrote at the time, also confirming that Garbage will be back on the road in 2025. A post shared by 🩸garbage🩸 (@garbage) Now, a week later, Manson has shared another update with fans and revealed more insight into the nature of her injury.
“I returned home from tour an absolute hot mess,” she wrote in the caption of a new Instagram post. “So broken that my poor husband had to push me through Heathrow and LAX airports in a wheelchair. I also had a dose of laryngitis and a massive cold sore on my lip.
” She continued, explaining how she was worried that she had injured her vocal cords while on the road. “I was freaking out that I had somehow managed to damage my vocal cords on top of everything else but yesterday I was scoped and everything is as it should be,” she added, sharing an image she had taken b.