{"id":2426698,"date":"2026-05-21T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2426698"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:55:10","slug":"blue-dot-fever-plagues-musicians-as-a-growing-list-of-artists-cancel-tours-from-low-ticket-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blue-dot-fever-plagues-musicians-as-a-growing-list-of-artists-cancel-tours-from-low-ticket-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Blue dot fever’ plagues musicians as a growing list of artists cancel tours from low ticket sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pussycat Dolls are the latest music act to cancel swaths of a US arena or stadium tour amid lagging ticket sales. It\u2019s part of a\u00a0spreading epidemic<\/a>\u00a0the industry is calling \u201cblue dot fever,\u201d after the blue dots that represent unsold seats on Ticketmaster\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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Others who recently succumbed include Meghan Trainor, Zayn, Jelly Roll, and Post Malone. Trainor and Zayn abandoned all of their US arena dates, while Post Malone and Jelly Roll shut down one-third of their co-headlining US stadium tour. Those venues had more open seats than a 4pm Friday work meeting, but only the Pussycat Dolls publicly blamed poor sales for canceling.<\/p>\n

Why so blue? Mainly, everything is more expensive:<\/p>\n