Iggy Azalea 'Great Escape' Tour: 'Black Widow' Rapper Postpones Tour Until the Fall, Nick Jonas Can't Participate During Rescheduled Dates
Iggy Azalea's record label, Def Jam Recordings, released a statement on Tuesday, March 10, announcing the cancellation of Azalea's "The Great Escape Tour" just a month before it was scheduled to begin, the Huffington Post reports.
Def Jam Recordings named "tour production delays" as the reason for Azalea's surprising tour cancellation.
"To accommodate for creative team availability and tour production plans, it was determined that the tour will not be ready this Spring," Def Jam said in a statement to Billboard. "It is important to Iggy that she delivers the show she envisaged to share with her fans and that requires more time in development."
Azalea's rescheduled tour is now set to begin on Sept. 18 in San Diego, California. Her opening acts, Nick Jonas and Tinashe, will no longer perform with her and have already announced their plans to appear in separate tours, says Billboard.
On Tuesday, both Jonas and Tinashe tweeted that they still plan to tour in the spring. Neither artist released details for their upcoming tours, but they did assure fans that more news regarding their tours would be announced later.
Check out their tweets below.
Unfortunately I'm not able to join the rescheduled Great Escape Tour, but you will still get to see me this spring, details coming!
— Nick Jonas (@nickjonas) March 11, 2015
Unfortunately I won't be participating in the Great Escape Tour, but I would never disappoint - I WILL be on tour THIS summer! DETAILS SOON! — Tinashe (@Tinashe) March 10, 2015
Following Azalea's abrupt tour cancellation, media outlets such as TheWrap claimed that there was a rift between Azalea and her management team. However, Def Jam Recordings put the rumors to rest and released a statement insisting: "there's no truth to the rumor that there's any conflict between her and her management."
Azalea's tour cancellation comes on the heels of the Australian rapper opting to quit using social media due to the backlash she's received from fans and other artists, including Azealia Banks, Billboard reports.
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