concert scheduled for Sunday (23Aug09) at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Virginia Beach has also been scrapped, due to a scheduling conflict. Details of Stewart's illness have yet to be released, but sources insist the British rocker is suffering from ongoing throat problems. The Sailing singer underwent thyroid surgery in 2000, to remove a growth on his thyroid and admitted he feared the operation has stolen his famous rasp. He said,