Fans should retain their tickets for the postponed shows," said a statement on the musician's official Instagram account on Tuesday, Jan. 21

The British singer was famously a member of The Police (alongside Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland) before departing the band during a concert in August 1983. His debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, was released in 1985 and he has dropped 14 solo records since.

The British singer was due to play shows in Phoenix, Arizona, and Wheatland, California, later this week - and was also due to collect a lifetime achievement prize at the Bass Magazine Awards ceremony in California.