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16 Artists Canceled Their Tours in 2023 & the Latest Act Is Cancelling All Remaining Shows Due to Illness

The show must go on…until it can’t.

Each year, our favorite musicians announce massive treks around the globe, as fans rush to get ticket to see their favorite superstars live on stage. However, those plans don’t always work out in the end.

For one reason or another, some spectacles simply never hit the stage. Or, if they do, they get cut short due to a variety of different issues along the way, especially in this pandemic era with high costs for testing, travel, limited venue booking and frequent illnesses.

We’ve rounded up all the tours of 2023 that got scrapped (so far), as well as the reasons why. We are wishing the best to all the artists – and their eager fans! – as they hopefully reschedule and hit the road again very soon.

Click through to see which tours got cancelled in 2023…

15 Artists Canceled Their Tours in 2023 & the Latest Act Pushed All Dates to 2024

The show must go on…until it can’t.

Each year, our favorite musicians announce massive treks around the globe, as fans rush to get ticket to see their favorite superstars live on stage. However, those plans don’t always work out in the end.

For one reason or another, some spectacles simply never hit the stage. Or, if they do, they get cut short due to a variety of different issues along the way, especially in this pandemic era with high costs for testing, travel, limited venue booking and frequent illnesses.

We’ve rounded up all the tours of 2023 that got scrapped (so far), as well as the reasons why. We are wishing the best to all the artists – and their eager fans! – as they hopefully reschedule and hit the road again very soon.

Click through to see which tours got cancelled in 2023…

14 Artists Canceled Their Tours in 2023 & the Latest Act Is Recovering From a 'Scary' Lung Infection

The show must go on…until it can’t.

Each year, our favorite musicians announce massive treks around the globe, as fans rush to get ticket to see their favorite superstars live on stage. However, those plans don’t always work out in the end.

For one reason or another, some spectacles simply never hit the stage. Or, if they do, they get cut short due to a variety of different issues along the way, especially in this pandemic era with high costs for testing, travel, limited venue booking and frequent illnesses.

We’ve rounded up all the tours of 2023 that got scrapped (so far), as well as the reasons why. We are wishing the best to all the artists – and their eager fans! – as they hopefully reschedule and hit the road again very soon.

Click through to see which tours got cancelled in 2023…

Ryan Siew, Polaris Guitarist, Dies at 26

Ryan Siew has sadly died.

The guitarist for the Australian metalcore band Polaris passed away at the age of 26, the group confirmed on Tuesday (June 27).

“It is with shattered hearts & the deepest sorrow that we tell you our dear brother and bandmate Ryan Siew passed away on the morning of Monday, June 19. He was 26 years old, and for 10 incredible years he was our best friend and artistic soulmate. Those years will never be enough,” members Jamie Hails, Rick Schneider, Jake Steinhauser, and Daniel Furnari wrote on Instagram.

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