Megan Moroney halts Denver show early, citing illness
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Country singer Megan Moroney cut short her concert at Denver's Ball Arena on 28 July after just three songs, telling fans in an emotional Instagram Stories post that halting the show was "the hardest decision I've ever had to make." She explained she knew by the third song that she could not deliver a performance to her usual standard, saying she was in tears in her dressing room afterwards, and Ball Arena confirmed the cancellation was due to illness. The stop was part of her Cloud 9 Tour, in support of her chart-topping third album, and disrupted one date in an otherwise packed touring schedule.
Moroney performed "Stupid", "Medicine" and "Bless Your Heart" before leaving the stage. A replacement Denver date has been set for 27 August, with all original tickets honoured and refunds offered to those unable to attend. Her Cloud 9 Tour, her biggest to date, began in May in Columbus, Ohio, and runs through more than 40 US dates, including Portland on 1 August, Nashville and New York, before crossing to Europe and the UK for shows in Paris, London, Oslo and Stockholm, concluding 1 October in Belfast.
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In short
- Megan Moroney stopped her Denver show after three songs due to illness
- She called it "the hardest decision I've ever had to make"
- Rescheduled Denver date set for 27 August; tour continues into October
How this story developed
- 3 months ago A second report corroborated the illness-driven cutoff and reschedule while adding that the album behind the Cloud 9 Tour had topped the Billboard 200 earlier this year and that Moroney's tour dates extend through October across North America and Europe.
- 3 months ago Megan Moroney cut short her Denver Ball Arena show on 28 July after just three songs due to illness, later calling it in an Instagram Stories post the hardest decision she has ever had to make, with the date rescheduled to 27 August and original tickets honoured.
Explained simply
Megan Moroney is an American country singer known for songs such as "Tennessee Orange" and albums including her chart-topping third record. She is currently on her Cloud 9 Tour, a run of concert dates across the United States that is due to move on to Europe and the UK later in the year.
On 28 July she stopped a show at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, only three songs in, after deciding she could not continue performing to her usual standard. The venue later confirmed the cancellation was due to illness, and a rescheduled date has been arranged for 27 August, with original tickets still valid and refunds offered to anyone who cannot make the new date.
The episode matters mainly to Moroney's fans and the wider country music audience following her rapid rise, as it affects a leg of a high-profile tour built around one of the year's biggest country albums, and comes as she is due to perform further dates in the US and abroad in the coming weeks.
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Originally published by Billboard as “‘The Hardest Decision I’ve Ever Had to Make’: Megan Moroney Ends Denver Concert Early Due to Illness”.