Childish Gambino has, almost a month after first postponing some dates of his New World Tour, said that the entire thing is scrapped.
On Friday (October 4), the multi-hyphenate took to X to announce that he was canceling the tour. He hasn’t performed since a show in New Orleans on September 7, after which he said he was postponing the tour’s North American dates “in order to focus on my physical health.”
In his statement on Friday that moved the status from postponement to cancelation, Gambino gave more details.
“After my show in New Orleans, I went to the hospital in Houston to make sure of an ailment that had become apparent,” he wrote. “After being assesed [sic], it became clear i would not perform that night, and after more tests, i could not perform the rest of the US tour in the time asked. As of now I have surgery scheduled and need time out to heal.”
“My path to recovery is something I need to confront seriously,” he continued. “With that said, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the North American tour and the UK and European dates. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase.
“I want nothing more than to bring this show to the fans and perform. Until then, thanks for love, privacy, and support.”
After my show in New Orleans, I went to the hospital in Houston to make sure of an ailment that had become apparent. After being assesed, it became clear i would not perform that night, and after more tests, i could not perform the rest of the US tour in the time asked. As of now…
— donald (@donaldglover) October 4, 2024
The tour kicked off on August 11 but ran into hiccups almost immediately. Two weeks in, Gambino was forced to cancel a show in Connecticut “due to production issues.” Just before his original announcement, he canceled his Houston show “due to illness.”
While things were still in full swing, Childish Gambino surprised the crowd at the Brooklyn stop of the tour with a special appearance from Shaboozey.
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Going down on August 25 at the Barclays Center, the pair performed a remix to Gambino’s new Bando Stone & The New World album track “Dadvocate” – which made for the first time the song was performed live.
Then of course Shaboozey did his smash hit “Bar Song,” which is currently at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh week.
Gambino previously revealed that the New World Tour features cutting edge technology that he expects to be stolen by other artists.
