Jennifer Lopez's beleaguered “This is Me… Live” tour has been canceled before it began.
The actor-singer's 2024 summer tour was canceled so Lopez can take “time off to be with his children, family and close friends,” representatives for concert giant Live Nation announced Friday.
“I am completely heartbroken and devastated to disappoint you,” the Grammy Award winner said Friday in a message to her fans via her OntheJLo newsletter.
“Please know that I would not do this if I did not feel it was absolutely necessary. I promise I'll make it up to you and we'll all be together again. I love you all so much. Until next time…” she wrote.
The cancellation comes amid disappointing sales reports for the tour, which was announced in February and tied to the “Jenny From the Block” singer's “This is Me… Now” album and movie. From there, the 54-year-old artist and Live Nation pivoted, canceling several stops in March and rebranding the tour in April as a greatest hits outing.
However, The Times confirmed on Friday through a person close to Lopez that sales were not a factor in the cancellation decision and that the tour had seen an increase in ticket sales in key cities.
The news comes amid numerous reports that Lopez and her husband, Oscar winner Ben Affleck, who married in 2022, are having problems in their marriage and are believed to be living separately. (The couple initially got engaged in the early 2000s and the former flame rekindled their romance for Bennifer 2.0 in 2021.)
Neither Lopez nor Affleck have commented publicly on split reports, other than she berated a journalist for asking about it while promoting her Netflix film “Atlas” last week, and their representatives did not comment on the status of the marriage when contacted on Friday by The Times.
Live Nation said Friday that ticket holders who purchased their tickets through Ticketmaster would receive automatic refunds. Those who purchased through third-party resale sites should contact their point of purchase for more details.
