Young Thug Pulls Plug On Select Dates

Rumblings about the fate of the tour have been on Pollstar’s radar for the last couple of days as individual venues nixed individual dates.  Today the hip hop artist released a list showing what has been pulled from the schedule.  The announcement also said the postponed dates will be rescheduled for 2016.  Of course, refunds are available at points of purchase.

Here are the postponed dates per today’s announcement:

Sept. 24 – Detroit, Mich.
Sept. 25 – Cleveland, Ohio
Sept. 26 – Cincinnati, Ohio
Sept. 27 – Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sept. 29 – Milwaukee, Wis.,
Oct. 16 – Flagstaff, Ariz.
Oct. 19 – Austin, Texas,
Oct. 20 – Dallas, Texas
Oct. 21 – Houston. Texas
Oct. 23 – Mobile, Ala.
Oct. 27 – Philadelphia, Pa.
Oct. 29 – Sayreville, N.J.
Nov. 1 – Silver Spring, Md.

The following dates are still on the books:

Sept. 30 – Chicago, Ill., Thalia Hall
Oct. 2 – Urbana, Ill., Canopy Club
Oct. 3 – Kansas City, Mo., Uptown Theater
Oct. 4 – Denver, Colo., Ogden Theatre
Oct. 5 – Salt Lake City, Utah, The Complex
Oct. 7 – Portland, Ore., Roseland Theater
Oct. 8 – Seattle, Wash., Showbox SoDo
Oct. 9 – Eugene, Ore., McDonald Theatre
Oct. 10 – San Francisco, Calif., The Regency Ballroom
Oct. 11 – Santa Ana, Calif., The Observatory
Oct. 13 – Los Angeles, Calif., Club Nokia
Oct. 14 – San Diego, Calif., House Of Blues
Oct. 24 – Oxford, Miss., The Lyric Oxford
Oct. 25 – Atlanta, Ga., The Tabernacle
Oct. 30 – Norfolk, Va., The NorVa
Oct. 31 – Richmond, Va.,The National

Today’s announcement states Young Thug is using the time off to “focus on putting the finishing touches” on his upcoming Hy!£UN35 album. 

A New York Times Sept. 13 article seems to reinforce the idea that the up-and-coming artist is extremely detailed-oriented.   Titled “Young Thug’s Music Business Plan: Rap, Sing, Record, Repeat,” the piece says “he’s constantly recording, constantly revising himself and his artistic approach.”  You can read the entire article by following this link.