# Musgraves cancels three added dates on Middle of Nowhere tour

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kacey-musgraves-strikes-three-shows-off-of-her-middle-of-nowhere-tour/
- Published: 2026-07-26T19:32:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-27T01:47:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kacey-musgraves-cancels-three-shows-middle-of-nowhere-tour-1235598902/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Musgraves scrapped three extra Middle of Nowhere Tour dates, no reason given.
- Chicago, Boston and Brooklyn shows cut; original headline gigs unaffected.
- Fans blame weak ticket sales; rest of tour schedule stands as final.

## Summary

Kacey Musgraves cancelled three additional performances on her Middle of Nowhere Tour, with ticket holders for the affected dates notified by email over the weekend of 25-26 July 2026 and told they would be refunded. The affected shows were 20 August in Chicago, 29 August in Boston and 2 September in Brooklyn, all of which had been added as extra dates to meet demand alongside previously confirmed performances in those cities; no official explanation was given, though the cancellations came to be seen as the final outcome rather than the start of a wider shake-up of the tour.

The original headlining shows in Chicago (United Center, 21 August) and Boston (TD Garden, 28 August) remain in place, with the Chicago date now serving as the tour's opening night, while the axed Brooklyn gig at Barclays Center leaves Musgraves' two Madison Square Garden shows on 31 August and 1 September unaffected. Other multi-night stops in Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle were untouched. Fans attributed the cuts to soft ticket sales, and Musgraves, on holiday in Greece at the time, did not comment; the North American leg concludes 27 October in Seattle, ahead of Australian and European dates in early 2027.

## Coverage

- [Rolling Stone: Musgraves cancels three added dates on Middle of Nowhere tour](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kacey-musgraves-cancels-three-shows-middle-of-nowhere-tour-1235598902/)
- [NME: Kacey Musgraves cancels three US tour dates without explanation](https://www.nme.com/news/music/kacey-musgraves-cancels-three-us-tour-dates-without-explanation-3959063?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kacey-musgraves-cancels-three-us-tour-dates-without-explanation)

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