Aretha is going to have to take a break from throwing her chesticles over her shoulders like a continental soldier for a while. Damn you, gravity!

Aretha Franklin fell in her bathtub and has canceled her entire August schedule, City Hall Bureau Chief Adam Lisberg tells me. He writes:

This is bad news not only for the Queen of Soul, but for two city pols.

She was supposed to introduce Charlie Rangel at his big birthday fundraiser, and now she can’t.

And she was supposed to play shows next Monday and Thursday in Marty Markowitz’s concert series, and now she can’t.

Get well soon, Ms. Franklin.

Markowitz just released this statement:

“All of Brooklyn wishes Aretha Franklin a speedy recovery. Certainly thousands of music lovers were eagerly awaiting these historic shows, her first ever in Brooklyn, in the heart of our African-American community in Central Brooklyn and in world-famous Coney Island. Believe me, for the more than 30 years that I have been presenting free concerts here, Ms. Franklin has been at the top of my wish list, and that dream was about to come true. Her shows were to be the icing on the cake of a stellar lineup this year including John Legend, Toni Braxton, Salt-N-Pepa, the B-52s and Sean Paul. We hope to reschedule with her when she’s feeling better—and we Brooklynites will be thrilled to welcome the Queen of Soul to the County of Kings.”