Drowning Pool planned their first South American tour, scheduled to begin May 20 in Bogotá, Colombia, and continue through May 31 in Curitiba, Brazil. Local promoters canceled the tour, citing low ticket sales across all cities. Ticket buyers were instructed to request refunds through the ticket-sales company responsible in their respective city, with guidance provided by the local promoter. Before the cancellation announcement, guitarist C.J. Pierce said the tour was put on hold because logistics were not arranged in time, involving red tape and missed deadlines. Singer Ryan McCombs indicated efforts to make the tour happen were ongoing.
"OFFICIAL STATEMENT: We announce that Drowning Pool's South American tour has officially been canceled. The decision was made jointly by all local promoters involved due to low ticket sales recorded in all cities on the tour. Customers who have already purchased tickets must request a refund directly from the company responsible for ticket sales in their respective city. For more information and specific guidance regarding the refund process, please contact the local promoter. We appreciate your understanding."
"We were going to be doing South America. That just got put on hold... I was looking forward to going. Just the timing with it all, I'm hoping that that comes back up towards the end of the year because that's supposed to be in a week and a half from now, and all the the logistics weren't put together for us to get there in time. There's a lot of, you know, again, red tape and stuff like that because we didn't meet the deadline for it. So, I'm hoping to go back. Love South America. We really want to play there. I want to go so bad. But yeah, that's going to be it."
"Yeah, we're definitely pushing towards making it happen. Because I mean, it's when you've been allowed to do this this long, and p"
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