In a statement on her website, Clarkson said: "In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won't be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon.

[see full story for more but in another story from Contact Music, Kelly climbs high in the credibility scale for this "American Idol winner KELLY CLARKSON refused a $10 million (GBP5 million) offer from her record label boss CLIVE DAVIS to remove five songs from her forthcoming album. Clarkson recently admitted executives at RCA and Sony BMG had put pressure on her to record songs previously offered to other artists, but she was determined to contribute more songwriting to My December than her previous discs. "] - more on this story