Nicki Minaj wants to go against doctors orders to do V Festival

after bruising a vocal cord

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 14th Aug 2012

V Festival (Chelmsford) 2012

Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th August 2012
Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8WQ, England MAP
£175 w/e with camping

Daily capacity: 90,000

Wig loving Nicki Minaj's appearance at the twin V Festivals next weekend, Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th August, hangs in the balance after doctors ordered her to rest for two weeks after damaging her vocal chords.

The colourful rapper had to make two live appearances today in the USA including one on the Today show, appearing with a bruised vocal cord. She tweeted (here) after her first set of early songs, "Doctors orders. Out for the count now." And she added, "Another x-ray cmng up!"

Yesterday, the 'Starships' singer tweeted that she would have to take "two weeks" off to rest her voice, which would have meant not doing today's shows, or appearing at V or Dublin, she tweeted, "The doctor has asked me to take 2 wks of voice rest... But... I'd have 2 miss both shows tmrw, ^ 2 UK festivals, + Dublin."

It's clear that after her performances today Minaj still wants to perform at this weekend's V Festival, and is considering going against her medical advice. Fans are awaiting the results of the singer's x-ray, and hoping that Minaj will still be able to appear.

The festivals' musical line-up includes The Stone Roses, The Killers, Snow Patrol, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Nicki Minaj, her N-Dubz band mate Dappy, Beverley Knight, Cher Lloyd, Tinie Tempah, Example, Ed Sheeran, James Morrison, Tom Jones, The Enemy, The Proclaimers, Tim Minchin, Olly Murs, Noah and the Whale, The Stranglers, David Guetta, Nero, Keane, Madness, Friendly Fires, Happy Mondays, Professor Green, Emeli Sande, Ben Howard, Rizzle Kicks, Frank Turner, Labrinth, Maverick Sabre, Miles Kane, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Twang, Dodgy, Jack Beats, Lawson, and more!.

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