Nicki Minaj Scraps North American ‘NickiHndrxx Tour’ With Future to ‘Reevaluate Elements of Production’
Nicki Minajkept her fans guessing on the release date for her new album Queen
, and she's now making big changes to her tour in support of it.
Just 24 hours after performing a fiery Queen
-themed medley at the MTV VMAs, the hip-hop star scrapped her upcoming North America trek after deciding to "reevaluate elements "of its production, according to a statement issued late Tuesday. Minaj's NickiHndrxx
co-headlining touralongsideFuture was due to kick off Sept. 21
in Baltimore, MD, with stops in Brooklyn, Miami, Dallas, and Los Angeles, before concluding in Las Vegas Nov. 24. The 28-city North American jaunt will now go ahead in May 2019, the statement continues. However, Future will no longer appear due to "scheduling conflicts."
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"Nicki has decided to contribute more time to rehearsal ahead of the tour's launch to make certain her fans get the absolute best quality show that they deserve," the media release reads.
As it stands, the European leg of Minaj's trek will start Feb. 21 Europe at Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, with dates across the U.K. and the Continent running through March 28 at Arena Geneva, Switzerland.
Refunds for the previously-slated North American dates will be available at point of purchase, according to the tour's producer, Live Nation, which says new on-sale information will be unveiled shortly.
After movingits release date twice(complications relating to the clearance of aTracy Chapmansample was behind one push-back), Minaj's fourth album Queen finally dropped Aug. 10. The set came in atNo. 2 on the Billboard 200, with 185,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release, behindTravis Scott's Astroworld.
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