YouTube singer Charlie Puth cancels remainder of tour due to being 'extremely sick'

'I have been extremely sick pushing through these dates and haven’t taken the time my body needs to recover,' says the musician

Fans sent him their love and wished the singer a speedy recovery (Getty Images)

Youtube singer Charlie Puth has cancelled the remainder of his tour because he has been “extremely sick” over the course of tour dates.

The 24-year-old, who has four million followers on his YouTube channel, apologised to fans but said he needed to take a break in order to give his body time to recover.

The New Jersey native said taking time off was the only way he could ensure he was in a position to perform again.

“Unfortunately I have to cancel the remaining dates on my Don’t Talk Tour. This is the last thing I want because I love being on the road performing and meeting every one of you,” Puth said in a post on his Instagram account.

“I have been extremely sick pushing through these dates and haven’t taken the time my body needs to recover. Resting and taking time off the road is the only way I can get better and start performing for you again”.

“I promise I will do whatever I can to make it up to you. I love you so much. I am deeply sorry,” he concluded.

Fans sent Puth their love and wished the singer a speedy recovery.

Puth rose to fame for his debut single “Marvin Gaye” which included vocals by Meghan Trainor and went straight to No 1 in the UK. He also worked on Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again”, which went four-times platinum and became No 1 in more than 100 countries.

Speaking to The Independent in an interview back in January, Puth said he was 12 when he first discovered his musical talents.

“I found out that I had something 0.5 per cent of the population has, a type of perfect pitch, where I can hear notes and play them back right away.”

However he explained these talents caused him to be bullied at school and fellow pupils frequently called him names. "It was mostly verbal, like name-calling and such, the verbal stuff was massive amounts of discouragement like, ‘how could you remotely think you could make it in this industry?’, but I didn’t listen, because I knew I was pretty dope”.