Bad Religion Cancel 2024 Fall North American Tour Over ‘Unforeseen Family Circumstance’
Veteran punk rockers Bad Religion have cancelled a planned run of fall 2024 North American shows citing “unforeseen family circumstances.” The band announced the news on Wednesday 9August 28) in an Instagram post, writing, “Due to an unforeseen family circumstance, we are canceling our upcoming fall tour. We apologize for any disappointment and disruption this may cause. We appreciate your understanding.”
At press time no additional information was available on the cause of the tour’s cancellation, with the band telling fans that ticket refunds will be available at point of purchase. The tour — the follow-up to an earlier run of U.S. gigs this year with Social Distortion — was slated to kick off on Sept. 17 in Stroudsburg, PA a the Sherman Theater and keep them on the road through an Oct. 19 gig in Sacramento, CA at Hard Rock Live.
The outing was also slated to hit Huntington (NY), Portland, Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, Myrtle Beach (SC), Richmond (VA), Huntsville (AL), Nashville, Little Rock (AR), Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Davenport (IA), Sioux Falls (SD), Edmonton, Vancouver, Seattle, Spokane and Portland.
The band whose only consistent member has been co-founder and singer Greg Graffin, issued their seventeenth studio album, Age of Unreason, in 2019, followed by the August 2020 release of their autobiography, Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion. That same year the group whose thoughtful punk rock rages often incorporate social and political themes were also scheduled to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary with a tour that was pushed off for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See Bad Religion’s announcement below.
Gil Kaufman
Billboard
