Dionne Warwick was set to play the Soul Town Festival in London Saturday when she felt pain in her leg.

It was so bad that she had to undergo emergency surgery on Labor Day and cancel her upcoming appearance.

Warwick, 84, shared the news on Instagram Tuesday.

“Please know how disappointed I am not to be with you at the Soul Town Festival,” the music icon, who lives in South Orange , said in a statement.

“The last thing I expected was to have surgery the day I was to fly to London,” Warwick said. “Pain was unbearable and my doctor rushed me into surgery thank goodness, as it could’ve resulted in something far worse.”

Warwick did not share her diagnosis, but said she was in recovery.

“Hopefully we can do this festival again in the future, and I’ll be walking like a normal person,”

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