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Toronto Singer-Songwriter JP Saxe Says His Concerts Are in Jeopardy Due to Low Ticket Sales

NORTH AMERICA, JUL 30 – JP Saxe needs to sell about 20,000 tickets within 48 hours to avoid cancelling his North American tour, highlighting challenges for mid-level artists.

  • On July 30, 2025, in Toronto, singer-songwriter JP Saxe warned fans his Make Yourself at Home tour may be cancelled due to slow ticket sales.
  • Facing sluggish demand, Saxe warned he must sell '20 or so thousand tickets' within 48 hours in a social media plea to avoid cancelling his Make Yourself at Home tour.
  • Amid the plea, tickets for his tour start at around $50, with his TikTok post earning 1.5 million views and more than 10,000 likes.
  • On Tuesday, Saxe said the tour might be saved after fans' response, with a video showing a crowd singing along to 'A Little Bit Yours' raising hope.
  • Amid industry strain, live music faces massive pressure as Saxe warned his tour may be cancelled due to industry pressures, a shaky economy, inflation, and this year's ticket price surges.
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Rising costs, slow ticket sales put JP Saxe's North American tour in jeopardy

TORONTO - JP Saxe was ready to roll across North America this fall on his latest concert tour, but those plans are now hanging by a thread as the Grammy-nominated musician confronts sluggish ticket sales and the soaring cost of…

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JP Saxe highlights tough economics of concert tours, saying his shows are in jeopardy

TORONTO — JP Saxe is telling fans his upcoming concert tour may be cancelled due to slow ticket sales.

JP Saxe has done what many artists in his position tend to avoid: in a subtitled post "Fuck Being Cool on this topic", he has just cleaned up with fans that if no more tickets are sold before the launch of His tour in September he will have to cancel the whole walk. "I'm extremely ashamed to tell you, but I'll tell you anyway," he said in a Tiktok published on Monday, giving a refreshing sense of realism and inadequacy in the situation. "If I do…

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Just Jared broke the news in on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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