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FALSE! South African singer Tyla didn’t cancel world tour due to low ticket sales

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Claim: A Facebook user claims that the South African singer Tyla was forced to cancel her planned world tour due to low ticket sales.

FALSE! South African singer Tyla didn’t cancel world tour due to low ticket sales

Verdict: False. Checks by DUBAWA showed that the singer did not cancel her planned world tour due to low ticket sales, as alleged. Rather, the Grammy-award-winning singer had to cancel her tour due to health reasons.  

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A Facebook user, who goes by the name Richard Kingsley  (Dr) and introduces himself as an entertainment promoter with over 158 thousand followers, shared an image of South African singer Tyla in which he claimed the “Water” hitmaker had cancelled her planned world tour due to low ticket sales.

“Tyla just cancelled her whole tour due to low ticket sales. One hit is never enough. No matter how big the record is,” he wrote on Facebook on March 7, 2024, as curated using Wayback Machine.

The social media platform records showed the post had 8,234 comments, over 2,345 shares and over 80,342 likes.

DUBAWA decided to investigate the claim as part of its campaign against misinformation and disinformation in The Gambia.

Verification

Checks by DUBAWA showed that the South African singer Tyla did not cancel her planned world tour due to low ticket sales, as alleged. Rather, the Grammy award-winning singer cancelled her tour due to health reasons. 

“In consulting with medical professionals, it’s become increasingly clear that continuing any festival or tour dates would jeopardise my long-term health and safety,” her statement on Instagram on March 7, 2024, reads in part.  

She explained, “As much as this is something I would rather have dealt with privately, it’s important that I share what I have to share with you today. For the past year, I’ve been silently suffering from an injury that has tragically worsened. I’ve seen doctors and specialists with high hopes, but the pain has only become more agonising, as has the severity of the situation.”

FALSE! South African singer Tyla didn’t cancel world tour due to low ticket sales
A screenshot of Tyla’s Instagram post

The South African singer promised that her team is diligently “working on a spectacular show for you as soon as I am recovered and ready to return safely onstage this summer.” 

The cancellation of the planned world tour comes nearly two months after the singer won a Grammy in the category of Best African Music Performance for her Afropiano and R&B song Water, which has reached global popularity. 

A Google keyword search conducted by DUBAWA showed that all the reputable media organisations that reported about the cancelled tour cited the singer’s injury, not the low ticket sales, as alleged.

Referencing the singer’s Instagram post, French channel France24 reported on March 8, 2024, that: “The rising music star, who gained international fame last year [2023] with hit single “Water,” said she was heartbroken after doctors advised her against proceeding with the tour.”

Also, a South African online news portal reported on March 13, 2024, that: “The South African singer known for her hit song “Water,” Tyla, has cancelled her upcoming tour in North America due to a health concern.”

DUBAWA later contacted the Facebook user to discover where he got the claim from; however, as of this publication, he has not responded to the inquiry.

Conclusion

Therefore, it is not true that South African Grammy award-winning singer Tyla cancelled her planned North American tour because of low ticket sales. The singer has said that she cancelled the world tour because of health concerns.

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