Jennifer Lopez cancels the tour because rumors of divorce are swirling
Jennifer Lopez is a step back from work as rumors swirling that she and her husband Ben Affleck are heading for a divorce.
Friday, 5/31, the actress and singer announced that she will cancel her entire This is me...In a written statement posted on her website, on the live tour, she said she was "completely infatuated and devastated about letting you down" and "
"know you won't do this unless you feel absolutely necessary," Lopez continued. "I promise to make it up to you and we will all be together again. I love you all so much. Until the next time...
In addition to her "special message," Lopez also posted an announcement from Live Nation on her website, which cited her "taking a day off with her children, family and close friends," in addition to announcing that Lopez would cancel the tour."
"For those who have purchased through Ticketmaster, tickets will be automatically refunded — no more fans need to do," the Live Nation announcement continued. "For those who buy through third-party resale sites such as SeatGeek, StubHub and VividSeats.-For more information, please contact Point Purchase.
On May 4, sources said Lopez was "disappointed" by the lacklustre ticket sales of the tour, which is currently being cancelled.
"Jennifer is very focused on her latest project and doesn't want bad press to get in her head," the source said, referring to both the tour and Lopez's recent album of the same name.
The source added that Lopez "has faced many such problems before and has overcome them."
"She goes ahead when something like this happens," they added.
Before moving away from the entire tour, Lopez canceled the last 7 tour stops in Cleveland, Nashville, Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa, New Orleans and Houston. She then tried to brand the tour and renamed it "This Is Me."..From "Now" to "This Is Me."..Live|The Greatest Hits".
"The latest rebranding suggests a pivot from a song-focused tour of the new album to a tour that spans her discography, which could entice listeners who aren't connected to her latest material," Variety reported.
The singer's latest material centers around her new marriage to Ben Affleck, which is reportedly on the rocks and is heading for divorce.
"Jen and Ben have problems with their marriage," one source recently told us weekly. "They started having problems a few months ago as Jen stepped up her work commitments and started preparing for the tour.
"Jen is very focused on the job," the source continued. "Most of the time, they are on 2 completely different pages.
Another source said in touch that Affleck had "already moved" from the couple's shared home, adding that the pair were "more likely to sell the dream home they had spent 2 years looking for."Affleck divorced in 2018/11/11.
"They will never stop loving each other, but she can't control him, and he can't change her. There is no way it can last," the source told the publication at the time. "They waited nearly two decades to get back together, but in the end they just couldn't make it work.""..They both said they had matured and learned from their mistakes, but some of the big problems that tore them apart at first remained the same.”
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