Donald Glover has postponed the remaining North American dates of his final tour as Childish Gambino to “focus on my physical health”, with all postponed dates to be rescheduled at a later time.
“Hey everyone,” he wrote on social media Monday. “Unfortunately i have to postpone the rest of the North American tour to focus on my physical health for a few weeks. Hold onto your tickets. ALL tickets will be honored for the upcoming dates in North America when they are rescheduled. Thanks for the privacy. Thanks for the support. Thanks for the love.” No further details were provided; a rep for Glover did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for more information.
The North American tour had a month remaining at the time of Glover’s announcement, with the next scheduled date in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, then moving through the West Coast and Midwest before a final date in Chicago on October 3. The tour was scheduled to move overseas in November (first Europe, and then New Zealand and Australia in January and February of 2025), so it seems likely the dates will be rescheduled for next year.
hey everyone. unfortunately i have to postpone the rest of the north american tour to focus on my physical health for a few weeks. hold onto your tickets. ALL tickets will be honored for the upcoming dates in north america when they are rescheduled. thanks for the privacy.…
— donald (@donaldglover) September 9, 2024
The “New World” tour is part of Glover’s self-proclaimed “final” project from his Childish Gambino persona and includes his latest album, the excellent “Bando Stone and the New World,” a forthcoming film of the same name, a re-release of his equally excellent “3.15.2020” album — which he rush-released in the early days of the pandemic but has remixed, revamped and retitled “Atavista” — and, possibly most elaborate of all, this “New World Tour,” which employed complex technology, lighting, lasers and more.
Glover was in fine voice and physical form at the tour’s first of two nights in Brooklyn last month; the show is physically demanding, with the focus nearly constantly on Glover for all 90 minutes, so any impairment would definitely have an impact.
We wish Donald well and hope he can get back on the road again soon.
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