The world tour by singer-songwriter AKASAKI, which was announced with great fanfare in July, has been cancelled in its entirety. This was announced earlier today via the young musician\u2019s social media accounts.<\/p>\n
The world tour, entitled ONIGIRI<\/em>, was supposed to consist of eleven shows from October through December, including three European dates in Paris, Cologne and London. The reason for the cancellation is said to be due to a number of circumstances, but the exact circumstances were not specified. Ticket sales for the European shows, which were due to start on 5 August, had already been postponed<\/a>, with the entire world tour eventually being cancelled a week later.<\/p>\n AKASAKI and his team have offered their sincere apologies to their fans who were looking forward to the performances, as well as to everyone else involved with the tour, and hope hope that fans will continue to support AKASAKI going forward. Only time will tell whether further information regarding the cancellation will be released in the near future and whether the musician will plan a new world tour.<\/p>\n The announcement of his first world tour was widely reported due to the fact that the singer-songwriter would have been the youngest Japanese male solo artist in history to embark on a world tour. The sudden cancellation has caused many fans to worry about the musician. In recent days, the singer-songwriter has been busy sharing videos related to his major debut single \u30c8\u30f3\u30c1\u30f3\u30ab\u30f3 (Ton Chin Kan<\/em>), which was released via Universal Music Japan’s EMI Records.<\/p>\n