The 54-year-old artist said she was “completely saddened and devastated” by the news in a message to fans shared on her website. “Please know that I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t feel it was absolutely necessary.”
Lopez did not elaborate on her reasons, but a representative said the decision was not made due to ticket sales.
The nearly two-month tour was scheduled to begin in Orlando on June 26, with shows scheduled in the United States and Canada. But it has been hampered by reports of poor sales since its announcement earlier this year.
O The tour, which would be Lopez’s first in five years, was intended to support her ninth album, “This Is Me… Now,” released in February as her first solo album in nearly a decade. It did not perform well, debuting at number 38 on the Billboard 200 – a low point in the artist’s career. The 13-track album, which the singer said was inspired by her rekindled relationship with Affleck, was also accompanied by a star-studded quasi-biographical fiction film, “This Is Me… Now: A Love Story,” and a behind-the-scenes documentary. about the scenes, “The greatest love story never told”.
In March, the tour’s final seven dates in Cleveland, Nashville, Raleigh, NC, Atlanta, Tampa, New Orleans and Houston were canceled. Then, in April, the tour’s name was changed from “This Is Me… Now” to “This Is Me… Live: The Greatest Hits,” which suggested the tour’s focus would be more career-wide. Screenshots of ticket booking websites for J-Lo’s tour dates in Denver, Tulsa and Pittsburgh, published in a Variety article, showed sections with available tickets.
Similar screenshots from other artists’ shows also circulated on social media. Last month, the Black Keys appeared to be in a similar situation to Lopez. The rock duo said in a statement that they were canceling their North American tour dates and planned to reschedule performances in smaller venues to provide an “exciting and intimate experience for fans and the band.”
Other musicians have also had to make changes to their touring schedules. The Jonas Brothers announced in April that they were postponing the European leg of their tour due to scheduling conflicts. Pink was unable to perform some shows last year due to a respiratory infection, and Justin Timberlake canceled a show earlier this year after contracting the flu.
Live Nation has come under scrutiny from the federal government, which last month filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, alleging that they operate as an effective monopoly over the live music industry.
Meanwhile, Lopez has remained silent about a flurry of unconfirmed reports alleging that she and Affleck are having relationship problems. The couple, nicknamed “Bennifer” when their relationship became a cultural obsession in the early 2000s, recently rekindled their romance and tied the knot in 2022. In recent weeks, the tabloids have been full of headlines about “marriage problems.”
When Lopez was asked to address the rumors at a press conference last week for her latest film, “Atlas,” she responded, “You know better than that.”
