Belle and Sebastian Cancel 2023 North American Tour Due to Stuart Murdoch’s Health

Murdoch is taking more time to focus on recovery after an illness at the end of 2022
Stuart Murdoch
Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, July 2019 (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

Belle and Sebastian have canceled their upcoming North American tour, citing the health of bandleader Stuart Murdoch. “While I am hoping that I will improve over the coming months, we felt it would be a safer route to cancel this tour and leave a clear path to recovery, rather than take a risk and have to cancel at the last minute,” he wrote in a statement. Read the rest below.

The band announced the tour in October, and it was set to begin in Mexico at the end of April. The group has not yet indicated when the shows will be rescheduled. Belle and Sebastian issued their newest album, Late Developers, earlier this month, after last year’s A Bit of Previous.

Belle and Sebastian:

Hi folks

It’s Stuart from Belle and Sebastian here. We are sorry to have to announce the cancellation of our North American tour for 2023.

As you might be aware my health took a dive around November 2022. While I am hoping that I will improve over the coming months, we felt it would be a safer route to cancel this tour and leave a clear path to recovery, rather than take a risk and have to cancel at the last minute.

We had a great plan in place, to release our second LP in six months and hit America up again! While the record made it out, we’re going to have to wait a bit longer until we can tour it.

We apologise again for the inconvenience we have caused you.

Sincerely yours
Stuart