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THE ‘NICE DAY TOUR’ POSTPONED INDEFINITELY

“After very careful thought, and with a heavy heart, I have decided that it would be best to postpone my upcoming tour indefinitely. I am not saying it’s canceled, because I am going to do my very best to make every one of these cities when it is safe to do so. But the same reasons for postponing the original tour from March through June 2020 are still with us, and in many cases, much worse than they were when the tour was originally postponed. At the time I first postponed the tour – in mid-March – I just did not see a way that I could guarantee a safe environment for everyone, especially with the high number of meet and greet tickets that had been sold. By putting 50-100 meet and greet ticket holders in direct contact with me each night, I thought there was a good likelihood that I could become infected along the way, and therefore become a spreader of the virus at each event. My goal is to make people laugh and smile and take fans minds off their problems – not create new ones for them.

Several of the states I was set to tour in – Texas, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Illinois – are above the 100 cases per 100,000 people ratio, with some specific cities on my tour representing hotspots within those states. Indiana is very close to that 100 person per 100,000 benchmark, with only Michigan, at 54 per 100,000, seeming like a fairly safe state to perform in. However, because I would be coming from those higher risk states into Michigan, I would risk being a spreader of the virus – and therefore do not feel like performing the Michigan shows would be a responsible thing to do. Appearing on stage, performing my one-man-show is one of the great joys of my life. Several shows were already sold-out, and others had strong advance sales. But the things that make these shows such a great release for me and the audience – laughing, yelling, hugging, shaking hands, posing for photos – are the things that make it a risky proposition over the course of a 25 city tour.

I wish I could tell you that getting refunds would be easy. In some cases, they might be. But many of these venues have been struggling in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and some are just barely hanging on. If you have the ability to wait for me to return when it is safe to do so, I hope that you give that option some thought. If you have the option of using the money you spent on my shows as credit for upcoming events of those same venues, I ask that you consider that also. I know that some of you have saved up and were very much looking forward to these events. I will do my very best to make each and every one of the shows happen when it is safe to do so. However, I do understand if you need the refund. If I could ensure everyone’s safety, including my own, I would be very much looking forward to hitting the road in a few weeks. But as I cannot ensure everyone safety-and because I do believe that gathering people together in close proximity during this pandemic could lead to more cases, I believe the only responsible thing to do is to postpone the tour until it is safe to go out on the road.

Thank you. Stay safe out there.”

– Mick Foley