Lola Young has pulled out of her Washington DC set at All Things Go, a day after she collapsed on stage in New York City.
The singer appeared to fall ill while performing ‘Conceited’ at the New York branch of All Things Go on Saturday (September 27), and was carried offstage by a medical team.
It came after Young spoke briefly about how she “had a tricky couple of days” earlier in the set. “Sometimes life can really make you feel like you can’t continue,” she said. “But you know what, today I woke up and I made the decision to come here, and I wanted to be cool … and sometimes life can throw you lemons, and you just gotta make lemonade.”
Today (September 28), Young notified fans that she would not be able to fulfil her scheduled show at All Things Go in DC. “I’m sorry to confirm that I won’t be playing All Things Go in DC today,” she wrote.
“I love this job and I never take my commitments and audience for granted so I’m sorry to those who will be disappointed by this. I hope you’ll all give me another chance in the future. Thank you to all those who listen and care. To all the people that love to be mean online, pls give me a day off.”
Shortly after the incident on Saturday, Young gave fans an update on Instagram, writing: “Hi, for anyone who saw my set at All Things Go today, I am doing okay now. Thank you for all of your support. Lola xxx.”
The incident came one day after Young pulled out of Audacy’s We Can Survive concert in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday (September 26). Hours before the start of the charity show, Young’s manager Nick Shymansky revealed on her Instagram that he advised her not to perform as a “protective measure to keep her safe.”
Young released her second album ‘I’m Only Fucking Myself’ earlier this month. It scored a three star review from NME, with El Hunt writing that despite feeling “a little all over the place”, Young had put many “surprising spins on pop into one record […] largely pulling it off”.
“One of the more interesting new names breaking out right now, Young proves that there’s far more to her repertoire than ‘Messy’, and though it occasionally lacks focus as an album, it also tees up plenty of excitement for whatever’s next.”
The singer told us about the background of ‘Messy’, which ranked as one of the biggest songs of 2025 so far, when she received the Rising Star Award at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards.
“I just wrote it from a really personal place and it can sometimes be re-triggering hearing that song because it was so intense,” she told us at the awards ceremony. “I’m out of that place now, out of that difficult time in my life.”
“I think it’s just a relatable song. A lot of people don’t feel like they’re enough for somebody; they don’t feel like they’ll ever win.”
Elsewhere, Young recently announced a 2025 UK tour, set to kick off in October. You can see a full list of dates here, and buy your tickets here.
