Tour news: Tove Lo will play Katy Perry's NZ shows

Tove Lo. Photo/Getty

Promoters say Tove Lo will open for Katy Perry at her upcoming New Zealand shows, despite the Swedish pop star saying she is cancelling "all shows for the next two months".

Tove Lo, who had a hit earlier this year with a remix of her song Habits (Stay High), was due to open for Perry at her Vector Arena shows in Auckland on Friday and Saturday night.

Lo said doctors had discovered cysts on her vocal chords that need "urgent" surgery. "It breaks my heart that I have to cancel all shows for the next two months," she said.

Sad news for all my babes... pic.twitter.com/jGrtpOP1KA

— Tove Lo (@ToveLo) December 16, 2014

Promoters told the Herald Lo would still be opening for Perry. She has already performed shows with the I Kissed a Girl singer in Australia and is in New Zealand ahead of this weekend's performances.

She said "sweet words and support" from Kiwi fans were keeping her "warm in this lonely hotel room".

Trying to go to sleep here in NZ, babes thank you for all your sweet words and support. Keeps me warm in this lonely hotel room 💋

— Tove Lo (@ToveLo) December 16, 2014

In an interview with TimeOut, Lo said she was looking forward to performing some of the biggest shows of her career here.

"I'm really excited about performing on a big stage. I don't have choreography or anything, but I do move a lot and get a bit spastic on stage, which is fun. (There's) a lot of energy. It's going to be overwhelming, I think."

While she released her debut album Queen of the Clouds in September, her ultra-personal song Habits (Stay High) featured on the EP Truth Serum released in March that was about a break-up with her boyfriend.

She said the song had helped mend bridges with her ex after a particularly bad break-up.

"Habit is about one part of the story, the after part, but it's all about the same relationship. He has heard it, he thinks it's really cool. I wasn't sure but I talked to him the other day and he's kind of amazed that our story became a whole album.

"We are (friends) now yeah. It took a while."

Friday night's Katy Pery show is sold out, but limited tickets remain for Saturday.

* An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported Tove Lo had pulled out of her two New Zealand appearances.

Watch the video for Habits (Stay High) below:

Katy Perry with Tove Lo
December 19 & 20: Vector Arena, Auckland

- nzherald.co.nz