Sheryl Crow say split was 'devastating'

Sheryl Crow say splitwas 'devastating'
NEW YORK -- Sheryl Crow says it was difficult to be apart from ex-fianc & eacute; Lance Armstrong after she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year.
"It was difficult, you know," Crow tells Vanity Fair magazine in its August issue. "I know he wanted to be there."
Crow and Armstrong announced their breakup in February. The 44-year-old rocker says the split was "devastating" for both of them.
"I do think about Lance every day," she says. "And I think about his kids every day."
When Crow learned she had cancer, she contacted the seven-time Tour de France champion, who was on a solo road trip from Lake Tahoe, Calif., to Oregon.
"When I got that news, I can't even describe it," says Armstrong, who is a survivor of testicular cancer. "It was the cruelest twist. ... I actually turned around to make the drive to LA. We talked along the way and she said, 'You know, I just don't think that's a great idea."'
According to Armstrong, Crow told him she felt "it would be hard on her in trying to manage the breakup and the diagnosis. And I totally understood."
The singer, who underwent surgery in late February, denies speculation that Armstrong, who has three children from a previous marriage, didn't want to start another family.
"It would be easy to say this is all about my wanting to get married and have kids but it was never that simple," she says. "It was much deeper than that."
Says the 34-year-old Armstrong of their split: "We were at different points in our lives."
Substitute will singfor Journey's Augeri
NEW YORK -- Journey will have a new lead singer on its summer tour with Def Leppard while Steve Augeri recovers from a chronic throat infection.
Jeff Scott Soto, who has performed with Journey guitarist Neal Schon, will step in for Augeri starting with Friday's show in Bristow, Va.
"Steve's been suffering with an acute throat condition since before we kicked off the tour with Def Leppard. We were hoping he'd be in well condition to handle the rigors of the road but unfortunately it appears to be a chronic condition requiring total voice rest," the band said in a statement Thursday.
Augeri's doctor will monitor his condition to determine when he may be able to rejoin the tour.
Today's birthdays
Actor-singer Ed Ames is 79. Actor Brian Dennehy is 68. Actor Richard Roundtree is 64. Author Dean Koontz is 61. Football Hall-of-Famer O.J. Simpson is 59. TV personality John Tesh is 54. Rhythm-and-blues singer Debbie Sledge (Sister Sledge) is 52. Actor Jimmy Smits is 51. Actor Tom Hanks is 50. Actress Kelly McGillis is 49. Actress-rock singer Courtney Love is 42. Rock musician Frank Bello (Anthrax) is 41. Rock musician Dan Estrin (Hoobastank) is 30. Actor Fred Savage is 30.