Sum 41 Pull Out Of Good Things Festival, Cancel Aus Tour Dates
The band's departure from the Good Things bill follows yesterday's cancellation of a Brisbane sideshow.
Sum 41 (Credit: Ashley Osborn)
Sum 41 will no longer perform at Good Things Festival as singer Deryck Whibley has been diagnosed with pneumonia. The band have also cancelled their remaining sideshows.
Yesterday (4 December), the Canadian punk rockers cancelled their sideshow at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall due to Whibley’s diagnosis. Telling fans that Whibley was receiving the “best possible local care,” the band worked with promoters to ensure that fans would be refunded.
Making the most out of a saddening situation, the band’s special guest, grandson, played a free, all-ages show, with Sum 41’s Frank Zummo playing a DJ set earlier in the evening.
The band said about departing the Good Things Festival line-up and the cancellation of their remaining Australian tour dates on social media:
It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce our 2024 Australian tour is unable to proceed. We were beyond excited to deliver this tour from December 4 - December 14, and connect with our Aussie fans once more. Now that we're here though, and under the guidance and direction of multiple Australian doctors, it's clear that Deryck is too unwell to perform.
We understand and appreciate your disappointment - we're gutted too.
The good news is Good Things Festival is still going ahead in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this weekend with an incredible lineup of local and international acts. We can't be there, but get along for us and have the best time.
Ticket buyers for our Tour of the setting Sum sideshow will be receiving refund information from the ticketing agencies shortly.
- Sum 41
Good Things Festival will take place tomorrow (6 December) at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse, Sydney’s Centennial Park on Saturday (7 December), and the Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday (8 December).
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This year’s event is headlined by Korn and features acts including Violent Femmes, Electric Callboy, Billy Corgan, Mastodon, Jet, The Living End, L7, Alex Lahey, Killing Heidi, Loathe, Imminence, and many more.
Sum 41’s sideshows were booked for next week. They were set to perform at Adelaide’s AEC Theatre (Tuesday, 10 December), followed by shows at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena (Thursday, 12 December) and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion (Saturday, 14 December). Yesterday, it was announced that Sydney alt-metal outfit RedHook would open the show at the Hordern Pavilion.
Sum 41’s Australian dates, including Good Things, were set to be their final shows down under. The pop-punk outfit have released eight studio albums, with this year’s Heaven :x: Hell serving as their last. The band are saying farewell this year and next year after a 28-year career. For Good Things, their set has been described as the Tour of the Setting Sum.
The band’s farewell tour will wrap up in Toronto on Thursday, 30 January. However, their final appearance will take place at the JUNO Awards on Sunday, 30 March, when they receive their well-deserved induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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