Susan Boyle: Returns to tour after 'rest day'

Susan Boyle: Returns to tour after 'rest day'

Susan Boyle, who gained international fame after her appearance on the "Britain's Got Talent" television show, returned to the stage on Monday. She did so  after canceling a weekend performance amid concerns over her health.

This forty eight year old church volunteer from Scotland delighted the home crowd of six thousand in Glasgow by taking the stage and singing "Memory" from the musical "Cats" followed by the tune that made her a star, "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables."

According to a spokeswoman for the tour, "She sang in front of 6,000 Scots," "She's ecstatic," the spokeswoman added, saying Boyle earned a standing ovation from the audience.

Boyle's first performance on Britain's Got Talent in the month of April was downloaded around two hundred million times on the internet, thereby making her a global celebrity. However she has struggled to cope with the pressures of her sudden fame.

During the run-up to the final Boyle repeatedly broke down in tears, and soon after losing out to dance troupe Diversity she was taken to a private clinic since she suffered from exhaustion.

Boyle, whose dowdy image and idiosyncratic behavior made her an unlikely star, performed at the opening tour concert in Birmingham on Friday and again on Saturday in Sheffield.

However on Sunday she dropped out, thereby prompting fresh concerns over her health.

After the completion of the tour, Susan Boyle is expected to record an album which will hit stores by Christmas.