Kiefer Sutherland cancels tour over ‘very low’ ticket sales
Kiefer Sutherland has canceled the US leg of his “Love Will Bring You Home” tour, providing a blunt rationalization hardly ever heard from touring artists.
“With great disappointment I am going to have to cancel the US leg of my tour due to very low ticket sales,” Sutherland wrote in a statement posted to social media Saturday, May 16. “I don’t think it’s fair to the people who have bought tickets, or the venues, to play to half empty houses.”
The actor and musician mentioned refunds could be accessible on the level of buy and that he hoped to tour the United States once more “at a more suitable time.”
Sutherland, finest identified for the hit TV reveals “24” and “Designated Survivor,” in addition to a embellished movie profession launched by his breakthrough function in 1987’s “The Lost Boys,” has spent the previous decade constructing a second profession as a rustic and Americana performer. On earlier excursions, I’ve carried out on the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and the Mystic Theater in Petaluma.
In a 2017 Chronicle interviewhe mentioned he initially resisted releasing music as a result of he was conscious of “the negative stigma attached to actors doing music,” however ultimately realized how a lot he loved enjoying his songs dwell.
The canceled US dates had been tied to his fourth album, “Grey,” due May 29. On his official websiteSutherland describes the album as a extra private challenge, written and recorded over two years.
The information comes as followers and trade watchers more and more discuss “blue dot fever,” a phrase for the empty blue seats that seem on Ticketmaster and different ticketing maps when reveals haven’t bought nicely.
The time period has adopted a string of canceled or postponed excursions this yr by artists together with Meghan Trainor, Zayn Malik, Post Malone and Jelly Roll, and the Pussycat Dolls.
Most artists have cited well being, household obligations or artistic timing. Sutherland was extra direct.
For now, his UK and Ireland dates stay on the calendar. The American tour, he mentioned, should wait.
“I look forward to touring the United States again at a more suitable time,” Sutherland wrote. “I hope you understand.”
