Kid Cudi cancels world tour after Coachella injury

American rapper Kid Cudi has cancelled his Insano: Engage the Rage World Tour after breaking his foot during a last-minute Coachella performance on Sunday (21 April).

During his set at the Goldenvoice-promoted festival’s Sahara Tent, the 40-year-old singer jumped off the front of the stage, breaking one of his heel bones and cutting his set short. He joined the lineup two days before the second weekend kicked off on 19 April.

The recovery time for a severe calcaneus fracture can be up to two years, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, with those with labour-intensive jobs “unable to return to their job” post-injury.

“We have to cancel the tour so I can focus on getting better to be out there in top shape with you all,” he wrote on social media. “There’s just no way I can bounce back in time to give 100%. The injury is much more serious than I thought.”

Cudi (real name Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) underwent surgery for the broken bone today (25 April), telling fans on X that he was “feelin’ good”. Most surgery patients need to wait three months post-surgery before putting weight onto the foot, with walking aids likely during the healing process, per the AAOS.

“I’ll make it up to you and be back better than ever very soon”

The AEG-promoted tour was set to begin on 28 June at Texas’s Moody Center (15,000), with stops at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (19,500), Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena (19,800), and Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena (18,300), before wrapping up the North American leg at Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena (20,000) at the end of August.

The European leg was due to start next February at Oslo’s Spektrum Arena (10,300) and set to end at London’s O2 Arena (20,000) on 18 March 2025.

Rapper Pusha T was due to support the 43-date tour, alongside rapper-actor Jaden and hip-hop duo EARTHGANG. Ticketholders will be notified and refunded, and new tour dates will be announced as soon as possible.

German singer Kim Petras has also cancelled forthcoming festival dates because of “health issues”. The Grammy-award-winning pop star was set to appear at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound, London’s Mighty Hoopla, Porto’s Primavera, and Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party this summer.

“I’ll make it up to you and be back better than ever very soon,” she wrote on social media.

Petras concluded her Feed the Beast World Tour in March, her third headlining venture, which kicked off last August in California. She played venues across the US, Canada, Brazil, and Europe before closing it out at Milan’s Fabrique (3,100).

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Kim Petras announces Feed The Beast world tour

Grammy Award-winning pop star Kim Petras has announced a 34-date world tour in support of her upcoming debut album Feed The Beast.

The Live Nation-produced outing kicks off in North America on 27 September, visiting theatres in Austin, Miami, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nashville and Houston, before concluding in San Diego on 22 November.

Venues on the leg include YouTube Theater (cap. 6,000) in Los Angeles, California, FPL Solar Amphitheater (8,500) in Miami, Florida, and Brooklyn Mirage (7,500) in New York.

Petras became the first openly transgender artist to receive a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

The European leg of the Feed The Beast world tour will commence on 13 February 2024 in Birmingham, UK. Stops include Manchester, London, Brussels, Paris, Cologne, Amsterdam and Milan.

Venues include London’s Eventim Apollo (5,300), Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse (3,500) and Berlin’s Columbiahalle (3,500). Presale for the tour starts on 22 June before general on sale on 26 June at KimPetras.com.

The WME-repped star will release her much-anticipated debut album Feed The Beast this Friday (23 June).

Petras made history earlier this year by becoming the first openly transgender artist to receive a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Unholy” ft Sam Smith, and the second transgender woman to win a Grammy following Wendy Carlos.

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