Lorde Cancels Dates For U.S. Shows

In the wake of her double Grammy win, Lorde has shifted her focus on playing the U.S. market.

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Grammy Awards, Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

She pulled out of the Feb. 28 Gear Up festival in Adelaide – she was booked in May 2013 before her phenomenal rise – and plans to do a string of dates in April/May have also been abandoned. Her sold-out U.S. tour begins in Austin, Texas, March 3.

Earlier, Lorde had to pull out of the Auckland leg of Laneway to perform at the Grammys but returned for a makeup show two days later at Silo Park for 10,000 fans.

Meanwhile, CNN traveled to New Zealand for a feature on the singer to air Feb. 19 in 200 countries.

Among the stops was her old school, Belmont Intermediate, where the entire student assembly sang her hit, “Royals.”

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