Laryngitis sidelines Lavigne

LOS ANGELES, May 5 (UPI) -- Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne says she had to cancel several concert dates because she has lost her voice.

"I am at home right now taking it easy," she recently wrote on her Web site. "I have been sick this whole tour, and now I have lost my voice. I have never canceled a show in my whole career and just had to for the first time ever. This sux (sic)! I am so sorry."

The singers said she had been on the road for 60 days straight and come down with the flu three times.

"I never get sick, it just keeps going around. I think I am just run down. I just played four shows in a row in Texas (which is a lot for the vocals) and woke up in Vegas Tuesday with no voice," she wrote. "I thought I was gonna have to cancel that show, but I made it through ... barely! I still went on stage in Vegas and gave it my all, but unfortunately it's interfering with my throat now."

Lavigne went on to say she had been diagnosed with acute laryngitis, but was hopeful she'd be back on stage soon.