Jennifer Lopez has canceled seven dates of her first North American tour in 5 years, in assist of her new album “This Is Me… Now” and its pair of companion movies.
The dates spanning Aug. 20-31 in Cleveland, Nashville, Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa, New Orleans and Houston had been listed as canceled on Ticketmaster sooner or later on Wednesday; the Cleveland and Houston dates apparently had been faraway from the itinerary earlier, as they had been a part of the tour’s initially introduced itinerary on Feb. 24 however are not current on the positioning in any respect. An up to date itinerary could be discovered on her social media accounts.
Whereas the tour remains to be scheduled for a sturdy 30 reveals, giant numbers of tickets at many of the tour’s dates stay unsold, judging by the seating charts on Ticketmaster.com. Whereas such charts will not be all the time fully correct, the blue (accessible) segments of the seating charts on most dates are overwhelmingly bigger than the gray (unavailable) ones.
The album, tour and two movies are a part of a self-financed $20 million three-part multimedia venture inspecting, as Selection described in a latest cowl article, “Lopez’s life as a serial romantic,” relating to her reunion with actor Ben Affleck, whom she married in 2022 almost 20 years after the high-profile famous person couple initially break up within the wake of their flop 2003 romantic comedy “Gigli.”
A rep for the artist didn’t instantly reply to Selection’s request for remark; the cancelation discover reads merely, “Sadly, the Occasion Organizer has needed to cancel your occasion. No motion is required to acquire a refund.”
The cancelations come after Lopez’s new album — her first in a decade — additionally titled “This Is Me…Now,” debuted at a disappointing No. 38 on the Billboard 200 final month.
The venture, which additionally contains the musical movie, “This Is Me…Now: A Love Story,” and a documentary, “The Biggest Love Story By no means Informed,” is seemingly meant as a love-conquers-all assertion.
“All people thought I used to be loopy,” Lopez advised Selection. “And by the best way, I assumed I used to be loopy.”