Rosalía Abandons Milan Concert Midway After Suffering Sudden Food Poisoning

Spanish singer Rosalía cut her concert at the Unipol Forum in Milan short on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, after food poisoning left her unable to continue performing. The show, part of her ongoing Lux Tour, was halted halfway through after the second of four scheduled acts. Rosalía had completed nine songs, including "De Madrugá," before stopping. The Milan date was the only Italian stop on the tour and had sold out.

Singer tells crowd she vomited backstage before stopping Rosalía addressed the audience directly from the stage, visibly distressed and holding a hand on her stomach. „I was sick, I vomited, I had like a kind of food poisoning. I tried to hold on until the end, but I'm feeling really bad.” — Rosalía via Fanpage She continued to apologize, telling the crowd the situation was unprecedented in her career. „I wanted to give you the best experience, this has never happened before. I tried to keep going with the show, but my body really can't take it, I can't continue, I have done everything I could.” — Rosalía via ANSA According to the Italian outlet Fanpage, the first signs of difficulty appeared shortly after 10 p.m., during the performance of "De Madrugá," with audible coughing and a visible drop in energy. The audience responded with applause as she left the stage. Before departing, she asked fans to let her know if she recovered and whether the show could be rescheduled.

Tour launched ten days earlier in Lyon, Madrid dates still ahead The Lux Tour launched on March 16, 2026, in Lyon, France, making the Milan show one of the earliest dates on the European leg. According to La Vanguardia, Rosalía is scheduled to perform four concerts at Movistar Arena in Madrid on March 30 and April 1, 3, and 4, followed by four shows at Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi on April 13, 15, 17, and 18. Le Parisien reported that Rosalía assured she would rest and seek medical advice to determine whether she could resume the tour in the coming days. No rescheduled date for Milan had been announced as of Wednesday night, and no information on ticket refunds was immediately available. The interruption marked the first time in her career that she had been forced to stop a performance for health reasons, according to multiple sources.

Flamenco roots gave way to a genre-bending fourth album Rosalía Vila Tobella, born on September 25, 1992, near Barcelona, built her early career around flamenco, graduating in 2017 from the Music School of Catalonia. Her second album, "El Mal Querer," released in 2018, blended flamenco with contemporary Latin American pop and brought her to international attention. Her fourth studio album, "Lux," released in November 2025, is the first in which she combines Spanish, Catalan, and English, according to Fanpage. The Lux Tour is scheduled to end on September 3, 2026, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Milan concert itself was described by Corriere della Sera as a theatrical production, featuring two staircases wrapped in fabric on either side of the stage, a large illuminated sun as backdrop, and a crate from which Rosalía emerged dressed as a classical ballerina. The show's four-act structure was designed to present the new album as a staged experience rather than a conventional pop concert. The abrupt ending after act two left the production incomplete, with no indication of when or whether the Milan audience would see the full show.

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