Blue Dot Fever: When Tours Can't Sell, They Bail

"On May 1st, Post Malone announced that he was canceling six tour dates and pushing back the start of "The BIG ASS Stadium Tour Part 2" with Jelly Roll. Post said the decision came because he needed more time to finish his upcoming double album, The Eternal Buzz. "Truth is, I promised y'all beautiful people new music, and I don't have the time to finish it before tour starts," he shared on social media."

"Ticketmaster showed a majority of tickets not sold." During the news segment, the station displayed a seating chart of the approximately 50,000-seat venue dominated by a sea of blue dots, indicating, "the blue ones are empty seats." "Seems that Post Malone came down with a serious case of Blue Dot Fever," a music insider told Page Six on May 4th. "And it's contagious.""

"Meghan Trainor, who canceled her entire "Get in Girl" tour, citing work-life balance after welcoming her third child in January. "Balancing the release of a new album, preparing for a nationwide tour, and welcoming our new baby girl to our growing family of five has just been more than I can take on right now, and I need to be home and present for each and all of them at this time," Trainor said on her Instagram story in mid-April. A lovely narrative, but how true is it?"

""Some people online suspected that low ticket sales may partly be to blame for the cancellation, as seating maps from last month showed that most seats at some venues had not been purchased," Variety wrote in an April 16th post about Trainor's canceled tour. The Pussycat Dolls are the latest artists to fall ill with Blue Dot Fever. Unlike Po"

Post Malone canceled six tour dates and delayed the start of “The BIG ASS Stadium Tour Part 2” with Jelly Roll. The change was attributed to needing more time to complete the upcoming double album “The Eternal Buzz.” The tour was originally scheduled to begin May 13 in El Paso, Texas. Coverage of a canceled Sun Bowl show noted that Ticketmaster showed most tickets were not sold, and a seating chart displayed many empty seats. The term “Blue Dot Fever” is used to describe cancellations framed as illnesses or excuses while low ticket sales are suspected. Meghan Trainor canceled her “Get in Girl” tour after welcoming her third child, citing work-life balance. Online speculation and reporting connected some cancellations to unsold seats. The Pussycat Dolls were also mentioned as affected.

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