Jennifer Lopez NA tour rebranded for greatest hits

American pop star Jennifer Lopez is rebranding her forthcoming North American summer tour after cancelling several dates.

The Live Nation-promoted trek, originally titled This Is Me… Now and announced in February alongside a musical film and 13-track album, was originally set to visit 30 cities across 34 dates from 26 June.

Since the original tour announcement, the Bronx-born star has cancelled the final seven dates, including shows at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (20,000-capacity), Atlanta’s State Farm Arena (16,888), and Houston’s Toyota Center (19,000).

Organisers have rebranded the tour as a career-spanning concept to encourage fans of the 54-year-old superstar who may not have connected with her most recent release. The This Is Me… Now | The Greatest Hits tour is now set to span 30 dates across the US and Canada.

Amid the seven cancelled performances, three additional shows have been added to the schedule

Three shows have been added to the tour, with extra nights added for Miami’s Kaseya Center (19,500), Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena (19,800), and Lopez’s homecoming at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (19,500). The two Madison Square Garden dates bookend the tour on 16 and 17 August.

The chart-topping star’s latest material, her first album since 2014’s A.K.A., debuted at 38 on the Billboard 200. This Is Me… Now sold 14,000 copies in its first week, landing atop the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart.

Her ninth studio album corresponds with a larger passion project for Lopez, adding to the $20 million self-financed Amazon Original musical film, This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, and behind-the-scenes documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, both released in February.

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