Justin Timberlake didn’t go out with a bang for the final U.S. stop of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, canceling the concert just before showtime.
The plug was pulled Thursday after the doors had already opened at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and just 10 minutes before the opening act was set to take the stage.
The “Cry Me a River” crooner took to social media to explain that he “went into soundcheck battling the flu” and that the illness had “gotten the best” of him.
Getty; Instagram/ Justin Timberlake
Thursday’s show in Columbus, OH was to be the last stop on the North American leg of Timberlake’s tour, but the singer posted on Instagram (inset) that he is ‘battling the flu’. (Getty; Instagram/ Justin Timberlake)
“You guys. I’m heartbroken. I have to cancel the show tonight,” he wrote on Instagram. “It kills me to disappoint you, and my team worked so hard to make this show happen. I want to reassure you, you’ll be getting refunds for your tickets. I love you all.”
Timberlake was originally scheduled to perform the Columbus concert in October but it was postponed to February after he reportedly came down with laryngitis and bronchitis.
The rescheduled show was the last of Timberlake’s U.S. leg of his international tour, in support of “Everything I Thought It Was,” his first album in six years. He plans to continue touring next month in Europe and South America.
Promoter Live Nation hasn’t announced a rescheduled date for the Columbus show, but Ticketmaster confirmed the availability of a refund.
“You don’t need to do a thing,” it wrote on its website. “We’ll issue a refund to the original method of payment used at time of purchase, as soon as funds are received from the Event Organizer. It should appear on your account within 14-21 days.”
