{"id":962889,"date":"2026-05-16T02:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/962889\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:53:15","slug":"kiefer-sutherland-cancels-tour-due-to-low-ticket-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/962889\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiefer Sutherland cancels tour due to low ticket sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kiefer Sutherland has canceled his remaining tour dates after ticket sales failed to meet expectations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith great disappointment I am going to have to cancel the US leg of my tour due to very low ticket sales,\u201d the \u201cLost Boys\u201d actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYXWHllxDVu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote via Instagram <\/a>on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to the people who have bought tickets, or the venues, to play to have empty houses,\u201d he continued. \u201cI look forward to touring the United States again at a more suitable time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He concluded the message, \u201cI hope you understand\u201d and added that refunds would be available at the point of purchase. <\/p>\n<p>Kiefer Sutherland, pictured here earlier this month in Madrid, announced he\u2019s canceling the US leg of his tour.<\/p>\n<p>He cited \u201cempty houses\u201d and low ticket sales, as seen above in his Instagram statement.  Instagram\/Kiefer Sutherland<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, Sutherland, 59, directed fans to his website \u201cfor all upcoming gigs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Though some fans were seemingly disappointed by the announcement, others were understanding in the comments thread. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really appreciate your honesty and the fact that you don\u2019t use illness as an excuse. That makes you even more likeable.\ud83d\ude0d\u201d one person wrote, while another chimed in, \u201c100% a money issue and definitely not lack of popularity. People are struggling to buy basic things to live right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A third person quipped, \u201cAnd this is why the European Tours are always the best \ud83d\udd25\u201d while a fourth suggested, \u201cJust play smaller venues for your true fans. Would love to see you play!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the musician canceled several European tour dates due to an injury. His previous statement is seen above.  Instagram\/Kiefer Sutherland<\/p>\n<p>The singer is scheduled for shows in the UK and Ireland in the near future. He\u2019s pictured above in England on May 12.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that the movie star and musical artist was forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/08\/16\/kiefer-sutherland-seriously-injured-after-fall-on-tour-bus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancel several European dates<\/a> during a tour in 2019, after he fell and \u201cseriously injured a rib, making it difficult to breathe and impossible to sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sutherland \u2014 who is scheduled to appear in the UK and Ireland in the coming weeks, per his website \u2014 recently announced his fourth album, \u201cGrey,\u201d to be released May 29. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe songs were written and recorded over a two-year period from 2024 to 2026,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/kiefersutherland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote via his official site<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many ways these songs mark a growth for me personally, as I wrote less about observations and more about personal feelings that I have been navigating in my own life.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The \u201c24\u201d alum \u2014 who was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/13\/celebrity-news\/kiefer-sutherland-arrested-for-alleged-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested in Los Angeles following an alleged altercation<\/a> with a rideshare driver in January \u2014 apparently isn\u2019t the first artist to cancel tour dates this year over poor ticket sales. <\/p>\n<p>A fan on social media suggested the singer book smaller venues. Sutherland is seen above earlier this month in Paris.  Best Image \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Sutherland, seen here in November 2025, is releasing his fourth album on May 29.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Page Six Hollywood reported earlier this month that Post Malone backed out of \u201cThe BIG ASS Stadium Tour Part 2\u201d show at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, on May 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/hollywood\/post-malone-meghan-trainor-come-down-with-serious-cases-of-blue-dot-fever-and-its-spreading-to-other-touring-artists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">due to \u201cblue dot fever,\u201d<\/a> which a source said refers to the blue dots showing available seats on Ticketmaster seating charts. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The singer, however, said he was ditching the first few weeks of the show with Jelly Roll because he \u201cpromised y\u2019all beautiful people new music, and I don\u2019t have the time to finish it before tour starts. We ain\u2019t ready for tour just yet, so I\u2019m making the decision to push the tour back about 3 weeks to get this music done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pussycat Dolls also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/hollywood\/pussycat-dolls-cancel-tour-as-blue-dot-fever-spreads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled their North American shows<\/a>\u00a0for the same reason, per Page Six Hollywood. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we announced the PCD Forever Tour, we hoped to bring the show to fans across the world,\u201d the group wrote in a statement shared to social media. \u201cAfter taking an honest look at the North American run, we\u2019ve made the heartbreaking decision to cancel all but one of the North American dates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kiefer Sutherland has canceled his remaining tour dates after ticket sales failed to meet expectations. \u201cWith great disappointment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,4082,15306,30365,77,43859,269,43381,112750,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-962889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-celebrity-social-media","11":"tag-concerts","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-kiefer-sutherland","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-musicians","16":"tag-singers","17":"tag-tv","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116581997331867724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}