Yungblud pulls out of gig days after on-stage breakdown: ‘Taking this extremely seriously’

English rocker Yungblud has pulled out of an upcoming festival appearance, just days after his tearful breakdown on stage.

The 28-year-old, whose real name is Dominic Harrison, announced he has stepped away from his performance at the Cowboys Music Festival this weekend to focus on his mental health.

The singer was scheduled to close the festival on July 12.

“To all my family in Canada, I apologise for not being there with you all this weekend – I’m currently in a place where I’m working on myself and taking time off at home in the UK,” said the singer in a statement as per The Sun UK.

“I’m taking this extremely seriously and facing head on what’s going on for the good of the long term.

“I will never take any of this for granted and I will see you all soon. I love you all.”

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Yungblud breaks down on stage in front of thousands: ‘Can’t be professional. Can’t hide.’

Just last week, Yungblud became visibly overwhelmed during his performance at his own music festival BludFest in Czechia.

The singer was seen wiping tears away and at one point shaking while telling fans how much they meant to him.

The musician shared the emotional performance to his social media, and in the video Yungblud admitted he had been “really struggling” and feeling “disconnected from everything”.

“I have been trying my best to wake up every day. I have felt in pain a lot and I don’t know why for a long time. But every time I find your faces, every time I find your eyes, every time I look at you, I know that I belong somewhere,” he told the crowd of thousands.

The post was accompanied by a lengthy caption opening up about his tearful breakdown.

“Recently, I’ve been really struggling and this moment is a byproduct of my body releasing the wave of emotion that has hit me in the past year that I have been unable to process,” the singer explained.

He added that even though he was elated in that moment on stage, 20 minutes later when he was alone in the shower he had a “breakdown”.

Yungblud described the strangeness of his experience as an artist and said he was struggling to process the good or the bad in his life as they unravelled so quickly.

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He was overcome with gratitude for his fans and said he was simply unable to contain his feelings.

“I can’t hold it in. I can’t hold anything back. I can’t be ‘professional’. I can’t hide,” he said after performing in front of crowd of 20,000.

He said he was ready to do the work on himself to process his emotions and “attain the strength” needed to maintain the pace of his career.

The last year has seen major success in Yungblud’s career with him snagging consecutive chart-topping albums, his first Grammy win and packed arenas from London to Australia.

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