Sinéad O'Connor cancels tour owing to bipolar disorder

Sinéad O'Connor has cancelled her entire tour schedule, citing doctor's orders, in her struggle with bipolar disorder. After tweeting a farewell to her fans, the singer closed her Twitter account and erased her website . "This account will close tonight for reasons of wishing to be out of limelight and showbiz," she wrote. "All [are] bad triggers for a woman with a mental illness." Unfortunately, O'Connor's announcement hasn't stopped her concert promoter from booking her tour. On Monday, LiveNation announced another concert in Toronto next month. Until it receives a notice from the singer's manager, a spokesperson told Spinner , it will proceed as though the concerts are still happening. However, a spokesman for O'Connor said to assume all dates were now off. "Fact is I did have a v serious breakdown between dec and march and well … am just not recovered enough to be on tour," O'Connor explained before closing her Twitter account. "Doc had asked me not to tour but I thought was stronger than [I] am … Too many power games behind ur back. And manipulations … The singing part was fun though. But that's only like 4% of one's time." The singer was recently soliciting online for a new job, outside the entertainment industry. "Any1 have a job 4 v clever woman with massive heart and courage, who adores people and has to escape music bizniz as is v bad for her?" she wrote. "Must be Dublin or Wicklow based job and require love of people. NOT showbiz job." In March, O'Connor released How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? , returning to the spotlight after a five-year absence. But the 45-year-old's comeback has been tumultuous, with reported suicide threats and an on-again off-again marriage to therapist Barry Herridge. "I find it terribly lonely being 'Sinéad O'Connor' in Ireland," she wrote on her blog. "All my life I [have] been beaten up for being me, and beating myself up for being me. [And] causin a whole lot of fuckin trouble." Before checking offline, O'Connor said she still plans to perform in New York on 20 July, as part of a tribute to Curtis Mayfield.