Changes: Cher, Ceelo Green

Illness results in Cher pushing back the launch of her fall tour … Another festival has scratched Ceelo Green from its lineup.

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BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisc.

The first two nights on the second leg of Cher’s “Dressed To Kill” tour have been pushed back due to the star suffering an acute viral infection.  Cher was originally scheduled to play the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y., Sept. 11 and the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H., Sept. 13.  That is, before the fickle finger of medical fate zeroed in on the diva.

Now Cher is scheduled to play Albany Oct. 6 and Manchester Oct. 7.  The second leg of the D2K tour will now launch at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., Sept. 15.

Speaking of Cher. …  Presales for her Nov. 17 gig at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla., run Sept. 10  & 11 with the general onsale launching Sept. 12.

You can cross another date off of Ceelo Green’s touring schedule.  The performer’s Oct. 4 appearance at the Mobile BayFest in Mobile, Ala., has been nixed.

Green’s latest canceled appearance stems from his recent Twitter comments.  After pleading no contest to one felony count of furnishing a woman ecstasy during a 2012 dinner, Green later took to Twitter to express his views about the situation, at one point tweeting, “Women who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!”

BayFest president/CEO Robert O. Bostwick announced the cancellation on the festival’s website, saying Green’s remarks “are contrary to the beliefs and conscience” of the event.

The festival had been listing Green on its lineup as late as yesterday and described the former “Voice” coach as a “professional Lady Killer.”

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First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Ill.

The Gretna Heritage Festival in Gretna, Louisiana, has also dropped Green from its lineup.

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