Jamie Out-Foxxed by Illness
Even velvety pipes get rundown every once in awhile.
Jamie Foxx missed a tour date in Washington Wednesday after a doctor advised him to skip the show in order to focus on his recovery from a bout of bronchitis, the Oscar winner's rep confirmed to E! News.
But all is not lost—in fact, only one night had to be X-ed off the schedule, as far as Foxx knows.
"His current North American tour is still going strong and Foxx is scheduled to perform in Atlanta Mar. 30-Apr. 1," his publicist said.
So if all goes according to plan, Foxx will be bringing his combination song-and-standup tour, in which he both harkens back to his comedic roots and serenades the fans with tunes from his multiplatinum 2005 album Unpredictable, to Atlanta's Fox Theater on Friday.
Despite the rigors of his schedule, though, Foxx, who kicked off his tour in December and was originally set to wrap it up last month before piling on two month's worth of additional dates, appears to be having a grand time on the road.
"The tour is absolutely amazing," he said during a recent conference call with reporters. "I'm pioneering this tour with 40 minutes of comedy where I talk about the elements of what's going on with me now…People know me from the stand-up, so I have to service that. It's a great set-up, including a tribute to Ray Charles. It's basically a variety show. I can go back to my roots and get people really going."
The seriously busy funnyman, most recently on the big screen in Dreamgirls, is up next Sept. 28 with Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman in the action flick The Kingdom, playing an FBI agent hunting an assassin in the Middle East.
Earlier this month, Foxx also signed on to co-executive-produce the upcoming TBS series Big Shot, about an NBA rookie who still lives at home with mom and dad.
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