Tinariwen have postponed the Canadian tour behind their album Hoggar, a run that was due to start on September 3 in Victoria.
The Tuareg collective gave the reason on Instagram: travel documents belonging to several crew and touring party members were destroyed in a fire at one team member's home, which left the group unable to move a working touring party across a border on schedule.
"The team has been doing everything possible to maintain the tour," the band wrote, saying that despite those efforts they are obliged to postpone. They apologised to friends and fans across Canada and said they are doing what they can to come back and play as soon as possible.
The twelve dates now on hold covered the country end to end: Victoria's Studio 919 on September 3, the Chan Centre in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary's Palace Theatre, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Montreal's Rialto Theatre, Quebec City, Ottawa and Toronto's Concert Hall on September 17.
New dates will be announced once they are confirmed. Ticketholders can keep their tickets for the rescheduled shows or ask for a refund, and several venues have already relisted the dates as rescheduled rather than cancelled.
Hoggar is the record the run was built to support, and the band have been carrying it around the world this year. The postponed dates and their replacements are tracked in the tour guide, alongside the rest of the rock diary.
The facts
- Tinariwen postponed their Canadian tour behind the album Hoggar
- The run was due to open Sept. 3 in Victoria, British Columbia
- A fire at a team member's home destroyed travel documents
- Twelve Canadian dates through Sept. 17 in Toronto are affected
- New dates will be announced once confirmed
- Ticketholders can keep tickets or request refunds
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