Chappell Roan Cancels 2 Festival Appearances to 'Prioritize My Health': 'Things Have Gotten Overwhelming'

Mar. 15, 2025

Chappell Roan at the 2024 ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles in May.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty

Emma McIntyre/Getty

Chappell Roanhas pulled out of two upcoming festival performances, citing a need to tend to her mental health.

The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer, 26, was scheduled to perform at both dates of the All Things Go music festival in New York City on Sept. 28, and in Columbia, Md. on Sept. 29.

But on Friday, Sept. 27, she announced on Instagram that she would no longer be performing, aspressures amid her meteoric rise to famehave been “overwhelming.”

“I apologize to people who have been waiting to see me in NYC & DC this weekend at All Things Go, but I am unable to perform. Things have gotten overwhelming over the past few weeks and I am really feeling it,” Roan wrote in her Instagram Stories. “I feel pressures to prioritize a lot of things right now and I need a few days to prioritize my health. I want to be present when I perform and give the best shows possible. Thank you for understanding. Be back soon xox.”

In a statement shared to X (formerly Twitter), the All Things Go festival said it was important for fans “to remember that health and well-being always comes first.”

“All Things Go strongly supports artists prioritizing their well-being and we ask our community to rally around Chappell Roan with love and understanding,” the statement read. “Let’s continue to show the world that music fans support not just the art, but the artists themselves.”

The cancellations come one month after Roancalled off shows on her European tourin Paris and Amsterdam that were scheduled for early September, citing scheduling conflicts.

Chappell Roan performing in London on Sept. 19.Jim Dyson/Getty

Jim Dyson/Getty

“I am so sorry & very disappointed :( I promise I will be back,” she wrote at the time. “I’m heartbroken 💔 thank you for understanding.”

During the interview, she recalled an encounter with two male fans at an airport who followed her to TSA and verbally harassed her as they asked her to sign photographs.

“I’m just like: ​‘What the f— is going on?’ " she told the outlet. “I told myself, if this ever gets dangerous, I might quit. It’s dangerous now, and I’m still going. But that part is not what I signed up for.”

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She added that she feels fame is “abusive.”

“The vibe of this — stalking, talking s— online, [people who] won’t leave you alone, yelling at you in public — is the vibe of an abusive ex-husband,” Roan explained. “That’s what it feels like. I didn’t know it would feel this bad.”

The star went viral in August when she posted anemotional plea to TikTokbegging fans to respect her privacy.

“I don’t care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous,” she said. “I don’t care that it’s normal. I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, [or] the career field I’ve chosen. That does not make it OK. That doesn’t make it normal. That doesn’t mean I want it. Doesn’t mean that I like it.”

source: people.com