Catfish And The Bottlemen have quietly cancelled their US and Australia tours

4 September, 2024

Van McCann of Catfish & The Bottlemen

Catfish And The Bottlemen have seemingly quietly cancelled their tours in Australia and the United States – find out more below.

Last week (August 31), the Welsh band cancelled their first show in Ireland in five years just minutes before doors were set to open. At the time, they announced that a member of the band had fallen ill.

Now, it seems as though the band have axed their entire Australia and North American runs as well. While the band have yet to issue a statement regarding the cancellations, fans in Australia have confirmed that they received notification of the tour’s cancellation just ahead of its scheduled kickoff today (September 4).

According to messaging from the tour’s ticketing partner Moshtix, all Australian shows have been cancelled due to illness, and that the band “were really looking forward to the shows”.

The band’s US tour in October and November has also seemingly been cancelled, with fans from North America reporting on social media that they’ve been notified of cancellations.

In February, Catfish returned with the single ‘Showtime’ – marking their first new music in five years. It’ll feature on their yet-to-be-announced fourth album, which will follow 2019’s ‘The Balance’. They had not performed together since 2021.

Catfish And The Bottlemen headlined this year’s edition of Reading & Leeds festival. In a four-star review of their performance, NME shared: “They see where they’re headed. There’s a cheeky, brief nod to their stadium-dwelling countrymen Stereophonics with a snippet of ‘The Bartender And The Thief’, while the spotlight and theatrics of ‘2all’ show they’ve got the moves for the big spaces.

“The widescreen psych wig-out and breakdown of ‘Outside’ even has a smack of Pink Floyd to it. They’re playing with a damn sight more compulsion than last time, and they certainly know what an enormodome band should look, sound and feel like. The crowd before us lap it up. Will they multiply to fill those spaces? Maybe the long shot will pay off.

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