Jennifer Lopez cancels summer tour dates
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck attend a special screening of the film “Marry Me” at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
PALM DESERT, Calif. – Jennifer Lopez stunned fans Friday by announcing the cancellation of her summer concert tour, although she vowed to “make it up to you” when possible.
No specific reason was given for the decision, although Live Nation officials said in a statement that Lopez is “taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends.”
In a message posted on her OntheJLo website, she wrote, “I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down. Please know that I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t feel that it was absolutely necessary.”
“I promise I will make it up to you and we will all be together again,” she wrote.
The tour was set to include a July 19 stop at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert.
According to Live Nation, people who bought tickets through Ticketmaster will automatically receive refunds. People who bought through third-party sites such as SeatGeek, StubHub or Vivid Seats were instructed to reach out to “your point of purchase” for refund details.
Media reports in recent weeks have pointed to possible marital strife between her and husband Ben Affleck, with some indicating the couple are living apart. The couple married in 2022.
The tour was to be her first in five years, in support of her first solo album in a decade, “This Is Me…. Now” and its companion film.
The tour was scheduled to kick off on June 26 in Orlando, Florida, and conclude in Houston on Aug. 31.
“This Is Me… Now” was released early this year, 20 years after her hit album, “This Is Me… Then.”
On “This Is Me….Now,” Jennifer Lopez’s first solo album in a decade, the singer takes back her rightful place on the throne of pop music.
In 2002, Jennifer Lopez dropped “This Is Me… Then,” her third studio album that married her glossy-eyed romanticism with R&B-pop rhythms. She also announced an engagement to Affleck, who she met while filming the movie “Gigli” in 2001. The pair broke up a few years later.
Fast forward 20 years and “Bennifer” returned, and so did her sublime pop. In 2022, they married, and now in 2024, the “This Is Me” series is the soundtrack to a new J.Lo Renaissance.
“Had a lot to learn, had a lot to grow, had to find my way,” sings Lopez on a track reminiscent of a track that might’ve been on her 2002 R&B dance-pop album — with a new, refined wisdom. (With CNS report)
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