Donald Glover has made the choice to cancel the remainder of his Childish Gambino tour dates in North America and the UK, after suspending them final month.
The artist took to X (previously Twitter) to share the information that, due to well being issues, he’s canceling the rest of his tour dates to heal.
“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, 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.”
He continued, “As of now I have surgery scheduled and need time out to heal. My path to recovery is something I need to confront seriously. With that said, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the North American tour and the U.K. and European dates.”
All tickets will likely be refunded on the level of buy. Whereas Glover famous that the exhibits wouldn’t go on for now, he appears decided to end the tour in some unspecified time in the future.
“I want nothing more than to bring this show to the fans and perform,” he concluded. “Until then, thanks for love, privacy, and support.”
Final month, Glover had postponed the rest of his tour dates to concentrate on his bodily well being after his present in Houston. The New World tour was set to run till Oct. 3 in the US, earlier than the abroad portion kicked off in November.
The tour was meant to function Glover’s farewell to Childish Gambino, as he stated earlier this 12 months that he was prepared to transfer on from the alter ego.
“It really was just like, ‘Oh, it’s done,’” he stated in July. “It’s not fulfilling. And I just felt like I didn’t need to build in this way anymore.”
On the time, he defined that turning into a guardian partially influenced his choice to retire the moniker.
“I’m not 25 anymore, standing in front of a boulder like, ‘This has to move,’” Glover stated. “You give what you can, but there’s beauty everywhere in every moment. You don’t have to build it. You don’t have to search for it.”
He added, “When I put my son on my shoulders, I feel deep joy. That’s real. No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.’”
