Photo Credit: Kiefer Sutherland by John Manard for Super Festivals / CC by 2.0
Kiefer Sutherland cancels the US leg of his tour due to “very low ticket sales” in the latest case of “Blue Dot Fever.” Sutherland added that he doesn’t think it’s fair to the venues or those who bought tickets to “play to half-empty houses.”
Actor and singer-songwriter Kiefer Sutherland has cancelled the U.S. leg of his tour due to “very low ticket sales.” He is the latest artist to do so in the midst of so-called “Blue Dot Fever,” referring to the indicators of empty seats on Ticketmaster.
Unlike many musicians who have cancelled tours or pushed them back, Sutherland was very forthcoming with the fact that tickets weren’t selling as well as he had hoped.
“With great disappointment, I am going to have to cancel the U.S. leg of my tour due to very low ticket sales,” he posted on Instagram on Friday (May 15). “I don’t think it’s fair to the people who have bought tickets, or the venues, to play to half-empty houses.”
The 24 actor added that he looks forward to touring in the U.S. again “at a more suitable time,” and noted that fans who bought tickets will be able to get refunds from their point of purchase.
Notably, he still has two North American shows in the works: a performance at Las Vegas’ Durango Casino & Resort on July 2, and in Saguenay, Quebec on July 11.
Sutherland is preparing to release his fourth solo studio album, Grey, on May 29 via Maple Creek Records. The U.S. leg of the tour was scheduled for later this summer. Currently, the star is in the UK and Ireland and playing dates on his Love Will Bring You Home tour, with shows in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, Cardiff, Exeter, Bournemouth, Oxford, and Leeds throughout this month.
Other acts to have cancelled shows because of weak sales just this month include the Pussycat Dolls, who nixed all but one of their North American performances. The group was also honest about the lack of ticket sales. Meanwhile, Post Malone, Zayn Malik, and Neil Young have all cancelled slews of dates, although they did not explicitly state that ticket sales were to blame.
