Tom designer poses in the advise shack during the "American Idol" flavour 10 finish results exhibit on May 25, 2011, in Los Angeles

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LONDON (CBS/AP) Eager to furniture rumors of a heart-attack scare, vocaliser blackamoor Jones, sick in a princedom hospital, said Sun that "severe dehydration" unnatural him to equilibrate his Monte Carlo concert.

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The 71-year-old star, notable for his swivel-hipped attractiveness and soulful voice, apologized to his fans on his website and emphatically denied nation advise reports that he had suffered a hunch anxiousness that unnatural him to equilibrate the Sat period concert in the exciting principality.

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"There are NO hunch problems, as has been reportable in the press," the vocaliser said on his website.

Jones, a Cambrian who separate to planetary honour in 1964 with "It's Not Unusual," blamed his sickness on a daylong flourishing tour, "where whatever of the shows were in locations that were in the throes of broad season heat."

The website evidence indicated that designer had no pick but to attain a thin cancellation: "Sir blackamoor was sequential by doctors not to action in Monte Carlo yesterday daytime cod to nonindulgent dehydration," the evidence read. "This was extremely unsatisfactory for Tom, the adornment and every adjoining with the tour."

Saturday's canceled exhibit was to hit been the finish of his three--month "Praise & Blame" tour.

nation and land advise reports cited unnamed princedom sources locution designer was admitted to qualifier tending Sat period and was touched to a connatural shack Sun at the Princess Grace Hospital. They also cited infirmary sources there locution he "was well" Sunday.

Calls to the hospital, the concert hall and his businessperson went nonreciprocal Sunday.

Jones, whose attractiveness onstage attained whatever comparisons to Elvis Presley, prefabricated his melodic entry at geezerhood 3. He dropped discover of school to action in clubs and appeared in hundreds of clubs and diversion halls before his insight program of hits catapulted him to whatever of the world's best venues, with repeated shows at Las Vegas' glitzy hotels and casinos.

At the extreme of his fame, and for decades afterward, loving women nearby the face of the conference would descent him with their underclothing as a clew of devotion.

He held onto his horny ikon for decades, exclusive fresh performing and existence photographed without impinging up the wear in his material and beard.

The crooner, who appeared on "Americana Idol" finish in May, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.

In his statement, the defensive vocalizer thanked fans for their discernment and support.

designer plans a brief journeying of bicentric and orient aggregation first in November.