Gayle Cancels Headlining Tour: I’m Learning ‘How Best to Do This New Life’
Gayle is canceling her U.S. Avoiding College tour later this fall to focus on getting used to her new life as a pop star. But to be clear: “I’m still definitely not going to college,” she stated on social media.
Gayle assured fans via Instagram that those who bought tickets would receive refunds, and that she would hit the road next year. “I’m learning how to be an adult and how best to do this new life,” she wrote on Monday. “I love it so much and I’m trying to do it the best way I can.”
Gayle added that she would still perform during the upcoming planned festivals she is scheduled for and that she’s “working on new music.” Her scheduled opener Carlie Hanson shared Gayle’s statement on Twitter and promised she’d be “back on the road in no time.”
The run was set to follow the singer across the U.S. through mid-November, where she’d perform songs from her debut EP, A Study of the Human Experience, Vol. 1 and its second volume, out Oct. 7. Gayle is still scheduled to perform at Breakaway Music Festival in Charlotte on Oct. 1.
She told Rolling Stone earlier this year that her first EP is about how “life is fucking weird. And life is so hard, but it’s so lovely at the same time. And that’s really confusing. Especially when you’re growing up.”
Gayle’s Avoiding College Canceled Tour Dates
Oct. 7 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Music Festival
Oct. 8 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall
Oct. 9 – Dallas, TX @ The Cambridge Room
Oct. 13 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
Oct. 14 – Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford
Oct. 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Phoenix Pride
Oct. 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Oct. 21 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
Oct. 25 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
Oct. 26 – Seattle, WA @ Nuemos
Oct. 27 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Oct. 29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Oct. 30 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Nov. 1 – St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Nov. 2 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Nov. 3 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
Nov. 5 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Nov. 7 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Nov. 9 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
Nov. 10 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
Nov. 11 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
This story was updated on Sept. 19 to reflect Gayle’s tour cancelation.