The Steve Miller Band has scrapped its upcoming tour, due to poor weather.
“Dear Steve Miller Band fans, You make music with your instincts/ You live your life by your instincts/ Always trust your instincts,” the band wrote in a statement on its Instagram page July 16.
“The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates. The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires make these risks for you our audience, the band and the crew unacceptable. So… You can blame it on the weather…The tour is cancelled.”
The band wrapped up by teasing the possibility of performing at some point down the line.
“Don’t know where, don’t know when… We hope to see you all again,” it wrote. “Wishing you all Peace, Love and Happiness, Please take care of each other. Steve, The Band and the Crew.”
The Steve Miller Band is a classic rock group known for such hits as “The Joker,” “Abracadabra” and “Fly Like an Eagle.” Miller himself is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The band’s website doesn’t have any tour dates listed, with the statement appearing in lieu of dates and venues. In May, the band announced new tour dates, beginning in August in Bethel, New York, and ending in November in Anaheim, California.
The band’s announcement comes as extreme weather has plagued a large portion of the United States, with dozens of people dying in flooding in Texas earlier this month. An estimated 17 million Americans are under flood watch for the July 18 weekend, while some 10 million people are dealing with heat alerts.
The Steve Miller Band’s decision to cancel its tour dovetails with other concerts not going ahead. In June, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee was taking place when it was canceled due to heavy rain. A fire destroyed the main stage at Belgium’s electronic music festival Tomorrowland this week, although it’s not clear what caused the blaze.
In 2023, Burning Man was overwhelmed with mud, as over 70,000 people got stuck in treacherous conditions while trying to leave the event held in the Nevada desert.
