Kelly Clarkson cancels UK tour
The former American Idol star was forced to cancel her forthcoming UK tour due to poor ticket sales.
The singer had a number of dates scheduled across her homeland, but all of the shows have now been called off and refunds issued from the various sellers.
After the cancel of her tour the singer made a statement on official website. She told her fans: ”I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to getting out there to perform for y’all. In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won’t be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon.”
Clarkson said that her next tour in the UK would be scheduled as soon as possible after the singer prepares for the release of her new album “My December”.
“I promise you that we’re going to get back out there as soon as is humanly possible to give you a show that will be even better. Thanks for all of your love and continued support.”
Michael Rapino, chief executive of concert promoters LiveNation, told the Reuters news agency that sales had not been as successful as hoped.
He told reporters: ”Ticket sales have not been what we anticipated and we came to the realisation that we had bit off more than we could chew.”
Clarkson won the first series of American Idol and his released two highly successful pop albums in the US.
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