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Analysis May 2025: Dealing with concert cancellations

2025-04-25T09:09:00

Steven Isserlis 1 cr Alex Brown

One of the main problems for venues and promoters is what to do when an artist cancels at the last minute. How can they best appease their audiences? Peter Somerford investigates

When Christian Tetzlaff cancelled his quartet’s US spring 2025 tour in protest at the policies of the Trump administration (bit.ly/4c1lRkq) his motivation meant the cancellation became a story. More commonplace cases of artists cancelling because of illness or travel disruption rarely make the headlines. Although such cancellations often happen at very short notice, presenters usually find suitable alternatives, allowing the concert season to proceed without much attention falling on a change of artist…

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