Country music star Kacey Musgraves has cancelled her upcoming concert at Place Bell in Laval, initially scheduled for November 6, citing “disappointing sales.” The decision was met with little fanfare, with no official announcement from the artist or the event promoters. Fans discovered the cancellation on Ticketmaster’s event page, where the date had simply disappeared.
Tickets for the show had been slow-moving, despite the event being less than a month away. This is part of a larger trend affecting many artists across genres who are facing a tougher ticket market than anticipated. In the past few months, several high-profile acts—including Jennifer Lopez and The Black Keys—have cancelled shows or entire tours due to sluggish sales. It’s a situation that’s particularly noticeable in Quebec, though the trend stretches well beyond Canada.
For Musgraves, this cancellation is an outlier on her extensive “Deeper Well World Tour,” which began in Europe this past April and is slated to continue through North America, hitting major cities like Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas before concluding in Nashville on December 7. This marks only the second time Musgraves would have played Quebec, following a show at Montreal’s MTELUS in January 2019.
The singer, who has earned seven Grammy Awards and international acclaim since her rise on Nashville Star in 2007, directly responded to a fan on social media, stating that she “absolutely had to cancel” the show, though she did not elaborate on the decision.
The current wave of tour cancellations raises questions about the sustainability of live music post-pandemic. For Musgraves and other artists, it’s a stark reminder that even for a well-established star, drawing a crowd can no longer be taken for granted. The reality of today’s concert industry may force both fans and artists to adjust their expectations—at least for the time being.
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