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Chaka Khan expected to return from rehab in time for Atlanta concert

Chaka Khan. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Chaka Khan. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)
By Melissa Ruggieri
July 11, 2016

Chaka Khan is postponing her slate of July concerts to enter rehab and battle her addiction to prescription drugs.

The soul singer has an Aug. 5 date scheduled at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, but according to a statement from Khan’s representatives, she will return to her performances beginning Aug. 1.

Khan, 63, announced on Sunday that she is voluntarily entering a treatment program for an addiction to the same medication that led to longtime friend Prince's death in April.

Khan’s sister, Yvonne Stevens (aka Taka Boom), has entered the addiction rehab and aftercare program as well.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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