Donald Glover Postpones North American Childish Gambino Tour Dates to 'Focus on My Physical Health'

Some of Donald Glover’s fans will have to wait a little longer to see him live.

The musician, actor and comedian, who raps as Childish Gambino, has postponed the remaining North American dates of his ongoing The New World Tour to devote time to his “physical health.”

“Hey everyone. unfortunately I have to postpone the rest of my North American tour to focus on my physical health for a few weeks,” Glover, 40, wrote on X (formerly Twitter), advising fans to “keep your tickets.”

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The Mr. and Mrs. Smith the star continued, “ALL tickets will be used for the upcoming North American dates when they are rescheduled. Thanks for the privacy. Thanks for the support. Thanks for the love.”

The New World Tour kicked off on August 11 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma and has since performed in cities including Milwaukee, Detroit, Toronto, Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Nashville, Atlanta and New Orleans.

Glover previously postponed his Sept. 8 show at the Toyota Center in Houston “due to illness.”

Donald Glover in New York in May 2024.

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His tour was scheduled to make stops in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle and other areas across the United States and Canada until Oct. 3 at the United Center in Chicago.

The next European and ocean legs of the New World Tour will continue to take place in late 2024 and early 2025, respectively.

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Donald Glover in Beverly Hills in March 2024.

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Donald Glover Explains Why He Left His Childish Stage Name Gambino Alone: ​​’It’s Not Fulfilling’

Bando Stone & New Worldreleased in July, will be Glover’s final album as Childish Gambino. “It was really like, ‘Oh, it’s over,'” he said earlier The New York Times. “It doesn’t fulfill me. And I just felt like I didn’t have to build this way anymore.”

He explained that the decision to drop his stage name was also inspired by the declining success of full-length albums, difficulties with touring, life as a father of three sons (Legend, Drake and Donald Glover III) and his film and television projects as well as his multimedia company Gilga.

Elsewhere in NYT interview, however, the “This Is America” ​​artist clarified that he “always” wanted to “do music.”

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