Eric Church Says He’ll Do Free Makeup Show After Canceling Texas Gig for NCAA Game

variety.com:

Chris Willman Music WriterCountry star Eric Church, who’s taken a social media battering for canceling a sold-out concert to attend an NCAA tournament game, is looking to make it up to Texas fans who were unhappy about being spurned for a ballgame.Church sent a message to ticketholders — or former ticketholders — for the show that was to have taken place Saturday night at AT&T Center in San Antonio, telling them they would be invited to a makeup show in the nearby city of New Braunfels in five months.“Thank you San Antonio for letting me take my family to this game,” Church wrote. “It took a minute to figure out how and when I could properly express my thanks.

I will be coming to Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels, TX on Friday, September 2, 2022 for a ONE of a kind FREE show for those of you who bought tickets and were planning to attend our cancelled San Antonio show.

Details to be announced soon.” Ticket costs had already been refunded for this weekend’s San Antonio concert when Ticketmaster first sent out a message that Church was canceling the show on Monday.Church also posted his message about the free makeup show on social media, and immediately a variety of reactions could be seen.“See?

Guys. The BEST. What an incredibly cool thing to do,” tweeted one fan. “Will you reimburse my non-refundable flight and hotel room also?” wrote another.Whitewater Amphitheatre in New Braunfels has a capacity of 5,600, versus AT&T Center’s 18,000-plus, so it’s not clear whether the venue for the free show will be able to accommodate all of the San Antonio-area fans who want to take up the offer for the makeup gig or not.