Donald Glover cancels Childish Gambino tour due to health issues, announces surgery

Multi-hyphenate Donald Glover has announced on social media he will be cancelling the remainder of his Childish Gambino tour dates due to a health issue.

In a post on X, the musician-writer-actor-director-producer said that after his show in New Orleans, he was hospitalised due to an ailment.

“After being assessed, it became clear I would not perform that night, and after more tests, I could not perform the rest of the US tour in the time asked,” he wrote.

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“As of now, I have surgery scheduled and need time out to heal. “

The news comes a month after Glover shared in a post on X that he needed to postpone the tour to “focus” on his physical health.

Glover did not disclose additional information about his specific health concerns in his statement on Friday. A spokesperson for Glover did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Grammy Award-winning This Is America singer called the decision to cancel the tour dates in North America, the UK and Europe “difficult”. But, he wrote, “My path to recovery is something I need to confront seriously”.

All tickets will be refunded, he said.

Fans were surprised and excited to see Childish Gambino on stage again after Glover announced a new tour in May.

Glover, who helped create and starred in a Mr. & Mrs. Smith series reboot for Amazon Prime, had previously said that his 2018 tour would be “the last Childish Gambino tour ever”.

In May, Glover released the album Atavista, a reworked version of his 2020 project 3.15.20. He then announced the tour, which would begin in August, called The New World Tour. Bando Stone & the New World, his final Childish Gambino album, was released in July.

Glover has several other upcoming projects in the works, including Peacock‘s Community: The Movie and Mufasa: The Lion King.

In his post on Friday, the artist requested “love, privacy and support” as he focuses on his health.