Yesterday we bought you the news that fans were furious as venues and tour organisers were refusing to issue refunds for Ryan Adam’s forth coming UK tour. Well today it appears fan pressure has prevailed as the tour has been cancelled and refunds will be issued.
Speaking on Twitter The Royal Albert Hall today announced that “The Ryan Adams UK & Ireland tour has been cancelled,” wrote the Royal Albert on Twitter. “Full refunds to ticket purchasers from authorised outlets will be processed by end of day on Monday. Please allow time for the repayment transaction to hit your account”.
The Ryan Adams UK & Ireland tour has been cancelled.
Full refunds to ticket purchasers from authorised outlets will be processed by end of day on Monday.
Please allow time for the repayment transaction to hit your account.
— Royal Albert Hall (@RoyalAlbertHall) March 1, 2019
The move comes after a severe backlash to the tour promoters and gig venues decision to not issue refunds following the accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct filed against Adams. Earlier in the week the Royal Albert Hall had said “The venue is being hired by a third party promoter SJM for the Ryan Adams concerts. The promoter has advised us that the concerts are still scheduled to go ahead. We are continuing to monitor this situation very closely.” Whilst a spokeperson for See Tickets had said “The event is still going ahead, and therefore in line with our agreed terms and conditions, refunds are not available.”
Today however action has been taken and the tour has been cancelled. It is unknown whether this was due to pressure from fans, gig venues or a decision taken by the promoters themselves. The promoters have however said that all ticket sales will be honoured as refunds.
So Ryan Adams won’t be playing Dublin the end of March, and now promoters @mcd_productions say tickets will be refunded. Here’s the latest from them: #ryanadams #refund pic.twitter.com/CqXql7nrcq
— Sara Neill (@ImSaraNeill) March 1, 2019
This lack of action and failure to take a stance against Adams had been by fans as ‘enabling behaviour’ Most fans seem pleased that action has finally been taken, yesterday social media was full of very vocal fans disgusted that Adam’s tour was still being honoured. Interestingly The Royal Albert Hall was the first venue to announce the cancellation this morning and they faced the strongest backlash over the past week.
I’ve contact the @RoyalAlbertHall and apparently they are only “a hall for hire” so they are deferring to the concert promoters. Hate to give my money away but damned if I’ll sit in my seat and applaud.#ryanadams: Fans demand money back ahead of UK tourhttps://t.co/19wO4Qz3a2 — Bernard Murray-Gates (@Kindness58) February 26, 2019
The decision to cancel the tour however has not been greeted with universal praise from fans. Yesterday we reported how some fans still wanted to attend the tour and support Adams, and today ticket organisers have been accused of “Mob Rule” for acting before Adam’s has faced any potential convictions. A “Ryan Adams Superfan Group” on Facebook also hosted a poll where it suggested most fans in the group wanted the tour to go ahead.
@TheRyanAdams Hopefully the UK Tour stars. pic.twitter.com/0SzejVRMqO
— Thomas (@thomasbauer69) February 28, 2019
