Chance the Rapper has cancelled the remainder of the European leg of his Magnificent Coloring World Tour, which included two sold-out gigs at Dublin’s Helix for tonight and Friday as well as a show at the Manchester Apollo.
The rapper’s promoters, MCD, issued the following statement:
‘It is with regret that Chance the Rapper has to cancel the remainder of his European tour due to personal reasons. These are 2 shows at the Helix in Dublin and 1 show at the Apollo in Manchester. He sends his apologies for this and looks forward to returning to Europe in 2017. Refunds are available from point of purchase.’
This comes just a day after Kanye West cancelled the remainder of his tour following an on-stage ‘rant.’ Chance himself reached out to Kanye, per Refinery29, using his BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge appearance to offer a prayer for Kanye, saying, ‘I want to extend a very special prayer to my big brother, Kanye West. I know there’s a lot of weird folks out there but you already know that I’m a hundred grand. I want to just extend this prayer and this love from all the way in Britain. We might come home early to see this man.’ You can check out the video of his All We Got cover below:
Kanye and Chance have previously hinted at making an album together, tentatively entitled Good Ass Job. Chance said of the album, per Complex, ‘The Good Ass Job, that’s something that’s just been a dream for me. I just, I cannot wait to, you know, really just bunker down. We definitely have at least two songs I could say I know would be on Good Ass Job, but to be, you know, back in the bunker and be at the spot and have that time to just sit and make stuff everyday is my dream.’ However, he also added, ‘It’s definitely far from done. It’s something that gets brought up in conversation every once in a while.’
Given the links between two men, the proximity of the cancellations and Chance’s statement that, ‘we might come home early to see this man,’ some outlets have speculated on the link between Chance’s cancellations and Kanye West’s current problems. There is no concrete evidence that the two events are connected, however.
This is not the first time Chance has cancelled shows after pulling out of a Coachella set in 2014 and a New York charity event after he was forced to attend hospital on both occasions, per Billboard.
The Magnificent Coloriing World Tour has already completed its US dates as well as some dates in the UK, and has been well received so far. It included a particularly outstanding show at Cellular One Field in Chicago when Chance was joined on the bill by artists including, Skrillex, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne, John Legend, Lil Uzi Vert, Common, Alicia Keys, Tyler, the Creator and Kanye West. The rapper is still due to perform dates in New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii in January. There is, as yet, no news as to whether these shows will be affected.
The cancelled dates are shown below:
23/11 – Helix – Dublin
25/11 – Helix – Dublin
26/11 – Apollo – Manchester
