Elton John, who is recovering in a London Hospital from E. Coli is also being treated for influenza. Flu has caused the prominent British singer to postpone many European concerts as well as two concerts in Seattle and Portland.

The Fame Kills tour that was scheduled to kick off in November has been canceled. The concert tour, featuring Kanye West and Lady Gaga, was canceled with no explanation. All shows that are listed on the Live Nation ticket site show "canceled" next to the Fame Kills tour date listings.

Royal Opera House, London will stage Carmen sung in French with English surtitles.

Sydney Opera House will present Camille O'Sullivan playing a The Studio on 2009-11-03 and 2009-11-14.

On Saturday, October 3 at 8pm, the Louisville Orchestra will perform with Louisville’s own Lee Luvisi at the Brown Theatre. Music Director Jorge Mester calls this a reunion with Lee, the two first worked together in 1967 when the Maestro arrived in Louisville and became very close performing together annually. The evening will start with a piece that is near and dear to Mester’s heart, as the first time he was paid to conduct was with Weber’s Euryathe Overture.

Opera Boston will Tancredi by Gioacchino Rossini sung in Italian with projected English titles. Don’t miss the free pre-performance talk one hour before curtain for all performances.

Louisville Orchestra presents a Halloween favorite that won't scare the little ones and will entertain the entire family. Jason Weinberger leads the ever-popular Halloween Spooktacular on Saturday, October 24 at the Louisville Palace Theatre at 11am. The program will feature dancers by the River City Ballet, the UofL Dance Academy, the Imani Dance & Drum Company and the Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble.

Royal Opera House, London together with the Royal Ballet will present "Agon / Sphinx / New McGregor" running for 2 hours 30 minutes. Sphinx is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden. Generous philanthropic support from Simon and Virginia Robertson.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra proudly presents acclaimed pianist Garrick Ohlsson on October 3rd and 5th, 8pm at the Orpheum Theatre. Mr. Ohlsson will perform Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto No. 5 with a special performance of the beautiful, lyrical Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in the second half. Balakirev’s rarely heard In Bohemia kicks off this concert. Maestro Bramwell Tovey conducts.

On Thursday, November 5, the Louisville Orchestra presents a double performance led by Music Director Jorge Mester with violinist Ilya Kaler at Kentucky Center's Whitney Hall.

Opera Atelier, Toronto will stage The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performances will take place from APRIL 24 - MAY 1, 2010.

Royal Opera House, London will play L'Heure espagnole / Gianni Schicchi sung in French/Italian with English surtitles.