Katharine McPhee missed Wednesday's Manchester, N.H., kick-off of the 51-city "American Idols Live" tour, blaming severe bronchitis and laryngitis.
It was announced at Manchester's Verizon Wireless Arena that Katharine McPhee, the runner-up to winner Taylor Hicks on this year's American Idol, would be missing both Wednesday's and Thursday's performances.
The Associated Press reports that her doctor, Sean Nassari, ordered "total voice rest,"
In a statement, Katharine McPhee, said:
I need to follow my doctor's orders to recuperate and reunite with the rest of the idols. 
