Animal Collective Cancel European/UK Tour
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Animal Collective will no longer set off on their European tour that was scheduled to start in November. The American experimental pop band cited the current economic reality as the root cause of their decision.
The band wrote that they were “absolutely gutted” to make the announcement and that “…preparing for this tour we were looking at an economic reality that simply does not work and is not sustainable. From inflation to currency devaluation, to bloated shipping and transportation costs, and much much more, we simply could not make a budget for this tour that did not lose money even if everything went as well as it could.” They went on to add, “We are choosing not to take the risk to our mental and physical health with the economic reality of what that tour would have been.”
Animal Collective were slated to make performances across the Atlantic, first in Ireland on Nov. 2, with further dates in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and London before moving on to Europe, with sets in France, Germany, Antwerp, Belgium and more.
Animal Collective closed their statement by thanking their team, the venues and the promoters who worked so hard on organizing the tour and wrote, “We hope you understand and that you know we would not make a choice like this lightly. We truly want nothing more than to make it out there again.”
Read the full statement below.
Friends, we are absolutely gutted to announce today that we are making the decision to cancel our UK/EU dates for this November. We love playing music for you and truly wish we could be there. It has been a wild year for us trying to push through a mountain of touring obstacles related to COVID and the economy. Three of us got bad cases of Covid. We were forced to cancel shows and lost large amounts of the income that sustains us and our families. The one constant has been that we have had an incredible time playing music in front of our fans at every show. You are all amazing. We chose to push through because we love to do it. But preparing for this tour we were looking at an economic reality that simply does not work and is not sustainable. From inflation, to currency devaluation, to bloated shipping and transportation costs, and much much more, we simply could not make a budget for this tour that did not lose money even if everything went as well as it could. We have always been the kind of people to persevere through the difficult times and get on stage unless our health prevented it. We are choosing not to take the risk to our mental and physical health with the economic reality of what that tour would have been. We hope you understand and that you know we would not make a choice like this lightly. We truly want nothing more than to make it out there again. Thank you so much to our team, the promoters and venues who worked so hard on this tour for us. We look forward to getting back out to play for all of you and hope you will be there with us when we do.
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