Kelly's manager axed, tour cancelled
Just two days after parting ways with her manager, Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her upcoming summer tour over disappointing ticket sales, yet another sign of turmoil as she prepares to release her third album, My December. In a statement on her website, Clarkson said, ''In the craziness of the music business, performing is what I look forward to doing the most, so it really is disappointing for me to have to tell you that I won't be coming out to tour this summer. The fact is that touring is just too much too soon.
''But I promise you that we're going to get back out there as soon as is humanly possible to give you a show that will be even better,'' she added.
In a statement released by her new representative, Paul Freundlich, it acknowledged the sales for the arena tour have been slow. The tour will be on hold and the size of it will be re-evaluated, the statement said.
''The day when she will play in sold-out arenas is, no doubt, coming, but for now her fans should look forward to seeing her in a more intimate concert environment,'' Gregg Perloff, CEO of concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment, said in the statement. ''Kelly deserves a tremendous amount of praise for her courage in not only being a part of, but in supporting, this difficult decision.''
This is the latest problem to beset the Grammy-winning singer amid the release of her third album, due out on June 26, the follow-up to her multiplatinum disc Breakaway. The 2004 album was a critical success that showed her success went beyond being a former American Idol.
