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Kacey Musgraves Cancels Three US Tour Dates, Refunds Tickets

7/26/2026

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Musgraves Cancels Shows

Kacey Musgraves canceled three Middle of Nowhere Tour shows—Chicago Aug 20, Boston Aug 29, New York Sep 2—and refunded tickets.
TMZ reported the shows were added after the tour’s original schedule.
Musgraves gave no reason and her team did not answer media inquiries.
Ticketmaster shows many seats still open for remaining dates, fueling fan speculation of low sales.
Post Malone, Meghan Trainor, Pussycat Dolls and Kiefer Sutherland also canceled shows.

Summary

Musgraves Tops Charts

Kacey Musgraves' Middle of Nowhere album debuted in the top 10 of seven Billboard charts on May 16, earning three No. 1 spots and logging 100,000 equivalent units, with vinyl sales topping 37,000.
Opening acts include Midland, Flatland Cavalry, Carter Faith, Estevie, Charles Wesley Godwin, William Beckmann, Gabriella Rose and The Brudi Brothers.
The tour will continue in Australia in January 2027 and Europe in February 2027 while Musgraves vacations in Greece.

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Historical Context

Swift’s 2009 Fearless Tour, launched April 23 in Evansville and sold out every U.S. date within minutes through Ticketmaster, sparked a secondary-market boom that prompted anti-scalping calls. The 118-show run showed how early ticket-sale data can dictate a tour’s fate, a pattern echoed today as Kacey Musgraves cancels Midwest shows after Ticketmaster lists thousands of unsold seats.

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Musgraves Cancels Shows

Kacey Musgraves canceled three Middle of Nowhere Tour shows—Chicago Aug 20, Boston Aug 29, New York Sep 2—and refunded tickets.
TMZ reported the shows were added after the tour’s original schedule.
Musgraves gave no reason and her team did not answer media inquiries.
Ticketmaster shows many seats still open for remaining dates, fueling fan speculation of low sales.
Post Malone, Meghan Trainor, Pussycat Dolls and Kiefer Sutherland also canceled shows.

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