Stephen Sanchez has taken to social media to apologise after his upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand was cancelled “without explanation”.
The Mexican-US singer-songwriter was set to head our way next month; however, all shows have been axed.
“I’m sitting in an airport trying to express feelings that need so much context and so much detail for everyone to understand in full,” Sanchez wrote in an Instagram post.
“I realize some of you might not. The cancellation of the NZ/AU Tour without explanation has left some of you with questions and I imagine some frustrated feelings as well. I know many of you had hotels and flights booked. I’m truly sorry for that. I imagine the frustration and confusion will continue, as the unannounced US tour will also not be happening this year. I am also truly sorry for that. This part I can’t make everyone understand.
“I spent the majority of 2025 working on LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. In short, what felt like never ending conflict, stress, anxiety, and overall deeply negative energy surrounding the process and lead up to this album’s release absolutely ruined this music for me. It affected me so much that I wanted to quit making music all together. Instead, I went on to do the EU/UK tour because I thought it would change my feelings towards this album, it unfortunately did not.
“This is not your fault in the slightest. You did nothing wrong and I thank you for wanting me to be in your city. I am incredibly lucky to be doing this job as much as you’ve allowed me to. But, when all was said and done, what did make things better for me was to be home, to see my family and my friends outside of a green room, to have actual time to find purpose in making music again beyond just trying to make everyone happy at all the time.”
Sanchez previously released the album’s title track and another single titled “SWEET LOVE” earlier this year. The former was the biggest streaming day of his career so far, tallying over 500,000 streams on ‘LOVE, LOVE, LOVE” within 24 hours of its release.
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His 2023 debut album, Angel Face, led by it’s multi-platinum track “Until I Found You”, has gathered over two billion streams, 1.5 of which were on the aforementioned song alone — a song that took a spot in the Top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100, no small feat for an artist so early in his career.
Rolling Stone AU/NZ has contacted Frontier Touring for further comment.
