Mariah Carey's holiday concert at PPG Paints Arena was unexpectedly canceled on Wednesday afternoon, hours before the show's scheduled start time. A brief statement on the venue's website reads, "Tonight's show with Mariah Carey has been cancelled.

Carey, 55, who was approaching the final dates of her Christmas Time tour, first announced on Tuesday that she was canceling her Pittsburgh show that night at the PPG Paints Arena because of illness. “It breaks my heart that I unfortunately have to cancel tonight’s show,” she said in posts on social media. “I love you all so much.”