PinkPantheress Cancels Rest of 2024 Tour Dates to Focus on Her Health: ‘I Have Reached a Wall’

PinkPantheress has canceled all of her tour dates for the rest of 2024. The British pop star announced her plans to pull out of upcoming festivals and opening tour slots for Olivia Rodrigo and Coldplay on Thursday (Aug. 1).

PinkPantheress made the news official in a personal statement posted to her Instagram Story, where she revealed that it was time to “focus” on her “physical health” as she’s “hit a wall.”

“It is with the heaviest heart that sadly have to announce that i will not be able to continue with the rest of my live shows this year in order to focus on my physical health and overall wellbeing,” she wrote. “It appears i have reached a wall which i am struggling to penetrate through. this will include my GUTS tour, Field Day, Summer Sonic, FORM, III Points, and Australia/NZ appearances.”

The “Turn It Up” singer thanked her team and Olivia Rodrigo for giving her a chance to do what she loved on a nightly basis. “I would like to thank all of you, as well as my touring team and Olivia for giving me the platform to perform some super fun shows. I’m sad to disappoint anyone and can only hope we will be in each other’s company once i return to health,” she concluded.

PinkPantheress had been opening for Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour since the second North American leg kicked off on July 19. Fans hoping to see her in San Francisco this weekend on the trek are out of luck.

The 23-year-old was slated to perform at III Points festival in Miami and on Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour running through Australia/New Zealand into November.

It’s been a very hectic year for PinkPantheress from a touring standpoint as she headlined her own Capable of Love Tour, which started in Europe before returning stateside to wrap up in April.

More recently, PinkPantheress performed at the MLS All-Star Concert in Columbus, Ohio, earlier in July, where she went viral for gifting a fan her Coach bag.

“I was lucky enough to perform in a location I’ve never done a show at, in Columbus, Ohio, so meeting some longtime fans was the best feeling ever,” PinkPantheress told Billboard of the heartwarming exchange. “One of them handed me a custom made Funko Pop so of course I had to give them my Coach bag in exchange for their hard work!”

The “Boys a Liar, Pt. 2” singer’s Heaven Knows debut album arrived in 2023 and went on to reach No. 61 in the U.S. on the Billboard 200.

Michael Saponara

Billboard