Ellen DeGeneres cancels four comedy shows

Ellen DeGeneres

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Ellen DeGeneres has cancelled four of her concerts. Eileen’s last stop… Comedy shows this week after she started her tour in June.

Shows scheduled for July and August in Dallas, San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago have been canceled, according to the announcement. On Ticketmaster.

“Unfortunately, the event organizer had to cancel your event,” the company shared in a statement on the site. “There is no need to do anything. We will issue a refund to the original payment method used at the time of purchase, once we receive the funds from the event organizer. It should appear in your account within 14-21 days.”

DeGeneres’ representatives did not immediately respond. Hollywood Reporter To comment.

With the exception of Dallas, where her show was scheduled to air only one show, DeGeneres will appear at shows in San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago.

Eileen’s last stop… This is the comedian’s first live show since the end of her eponymous daytime talk show in 2022, which came after she faced allegations of a toxic workplace in the summer of 2020. DeGeneres previously announced that she would release a second and final Netflix special before the end of this year. The comedian’s 2018 Netflix special, RelatedIt was the first of two private deals with Netflix.

At an early screening of the show in Los Angeles, she joked about the toxic workplace controversy and said she was “kicked out of show business” because she was “evil.”

According to a report from San Francisco GateThe comedian repeated the same joke at a Santa Rosa show this week, adding, “I’m a lot of things, but I’m not bad.”