Nelly Furtado is done with performing – for now.

On Friday (October 24), the 46-year-old “Maneater” singer commemorated the 25th anniversary of the release of her debut album, Whoa, Nelly! and announced plans to “step away” from performing live for the “foreseeable future.”

“25 years ago today my first album Whoa, Nelly! was released,” Nelly began on Instagram . “In the first slide I am 20 years old, about to play my first show as a professional artist at Lilith Fair . I went down to a store called ‘Original’ on Queen West in Toronto and shopped for that pink dress and some sparkly platform shoes to perform in. It was so meaningful and my artist self felt so actualized.”

“25 years later, my music has reached a whole new generation of fans and I couldn’t be happier about that,”

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