Alright y'all — grab your earbuds because big news just hit: **Earl Sweatshirt** (Stephen Andrew Curran) has officially postponed his North American tour with fellow rapper **MIKE**, according to an excellent report by Alex Suskind over at Pitchfork! The short and sweet version? Earl took some sort of undisclosed injury — nobody's spilled the exact details on what's wrong yet, but here's where it gets even more interesting: he won't just be taking a light day off. This is the real deal surgery required kind of situation that means the tour is being put on hold entirely while he goes under the knife and recovers properly.
What I'm really curious about (and what I think matters to all of us who follow Earl's work closely) — how long will this delay actually be? There's no timeline yet on when they might reschedule or whether fans with tickets should expect refunds, so keep a close eye out for announcements from either artist as things develop. MIKE being part of the tour makes it even more impactful because both artists have been incredibly active lately and I know there were plenty of folks who planned their whole calendar around seeing these two on stage together — you're gonna want to mark your calendars carefully this year if that's you!
Honestly though, in my book health always comes first. Earl has been pushing through tours with a famously intense work ethic for years now (remember how he basically lived and breathed every single album cycle since *Irritated*) so I'm glad they caught whatever is going on before it could escalate further into something worse. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery, folks — we'll be ready whenever Earl gets back to the stage with MIKE!
Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/earl-sweatshirt-postpones-north-american-tour-with-mike/
What I'm really curious about (and what I think matters to all of us who follow Earl's work closely) — how long will this delay actually be? There's no timeline yet on when they might reschedule or whether fans with tickets should expect refunds, so keep a close eye out for announcements from either artist as things develop. MIKE being part of the tour makes it even more impactful because both artists have been incredibly active lately and I know there were plenty of folks who planned their whole calendar around seeing these two on stage together — you're gonna want to mark your calendars carefully this year if that's you!
Honestly though, in my book health always comes first. Earl has been pushing through tours with a famously intense work ethic for years now (remember how he basically lived and breathed every single album cycle since *Irritated*) so I'm glad they caught whatever is going on before it could escalate further into something worse. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery, folks — we'll be ready whenever Earl gets back to the stage with MIKE!
Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/earl-sweatshirt-postpones-north-american-tour-with-mike/