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Kid Bookie’s UK tour has been cancelled, bar Cardiff and London dates
“Truth is I been taking a lot of hits recently in this career I love so much…” Kid Bookie has announced the cancellation of (most of) his Dead Or Alive tour next month.
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Kid Bookie has shared the unfortunate news that the majority of next month’s Dead Or Alive tour has been cancelled.
Posting a clearly disappointed video announcement on Instagram, he explains that despite “working so hard for this for you guys”, most of March’s shows have been scrapped except for Cardiff and London.
“I saw all your messages and I basically found out when you guys did that shows are being cancelled,” Bookie writes in the caption. “Hopefully you can see by how f’in tired I look and am, that we have been working so hard for this for you guys… London and Cardiff are still on… but unfortunately, touring is so expensive that if I don’t have a label or investors (currently) approve a budget in time or to be told a month out from tour that those budgets that we need are not being approved, then I’m flat on my arse.”
In his typically honest style, Bookie continues that, “Truth is I been taking a lot of hits recently in this career I love so much and it’s kinda new to me and I ain’t here to be punched in the face repeatedly and shut up about it, I’m coming back stronger than ever, because it’s gonna be on my terms, sometimes you have to sacrifice comfort for dirt because in the dirt is where we grow.
“I’m gonna start playing to my strengths again, to what got us here in the first place and most of that precedence is the music, a playful antagonistic spirit and extremely [reckless] optimism. It’s hard to be open or honest about things you love but I am here for ever, nothing will change that, people, labels, old friends, broken relationships, false smiles or failures. Nothing. We need to fail a million times to truly appreciate these wins and none of this is ever gonna hinder me.
“I can say so much, this year is a proving ground and so is the rest of my life. To everybody doing their part to flip this game on its head, it’s a collective strength, let’s train together, salute to the game, salute to trying. Let’s go.”
Catch Bookie at the following:
March
27 Cardiff Globe
28 London Lower Third
