Animal Collective have cancelled their forthcoming UK/European tour citing economic difficulties.The band were due to kick off their jaunt in Ireland on November 2 with further dates in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and London before moving on to Europe.But this evening (October 10) the band issued a lengthy statement confirming that all tour dates have been cancelled and explained their reasons for doing so.
You can view the statement in full below.“Friends, we are absolutely gutted to announce today that we are making the decision to cancel our UK/EU dates for this November.
We love playing music for you and truly wish we could be there.A post shared by Animal Collective (@anmlcollective)“It has been a wild year for us trying to push through a mountain of touring obstacles related to COVID and the economy.
Three of us got bad cases of Covid. We were forced to cancel shows and lost large amounts of the income that sustains us and our families.
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