Charli XCX scraps second leg of US tour saying she is unhappy

POP punk singer and songwriter Charli XCX has shocked her fans by pulling out of the second leg of her US tour, saying she is ‘unhappy’.

POP punk singer and songwriter Charli XCX has shocked her fans by pulling out of the second leg of her US tour, saying she is ‘unhappy’.

One of the hottest names in music — Charli co-wrote Iggy Azalea’s breakthrough hit ‘Fancy’ and her biggest hit single is ‘Boom Clap’ originally from the soundtrack of movie The Fault In Our Stars — Charli has axed 13 concerts after ending the first leg of her tour with indie pop band Bleachers on August 12.

It was clear to fans that something was amiss when she played the last show.

goodbye tour. goodbye america. goodbye world.

— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) August 13, 2015

Then she took to her Facebook page on Saturday.

“I have some bad news,” the 23-year-old Englishwoman wrote.

“Regrettably I will not be continuing my spot on the ‘Charli and Jack Do America Tour’ ...

“For personal reasons I will not be able to continue this tour. These personal reasons include the fact that I need to be creative.

“Artists tour for a really really long time and I have been on the road for a while now, probably not as long as some, but for me it feels like an eternity.

“I am struggling to create whilst I’m on the road and that is making me unhappy.”

News_Image_File: Charli XCX, pictured at Z100's Jingle Ball 2014 on December 12, 2014, said she was not up to performing a ‘great show’. Picture: AP / Starpix, Aurora Rose

Charli released her second studio album ‘Sucker’ in December last year, which includes the singles ‘Break the Rules’ and ‘Doing It’, which features English singer Rita Ora.

“As an artist I need to move quickly and write a lot to not feel restless. Sometimes touring really puts me in this isolated world where I feel down and sad but primarily I struggle to multi-task and write songs at the same time which is what I need to do to feel OK,” she wrote in her statement.

“I never want to do a show where I just feel like I’m going through the motions. I want to perform and feel alive and like I want to be there and if I force myself to do this, I will not perform a great show for you.

“I feel terrible letting you down like this and I really I hope I haven’t messed up your plans too much.

“I’ve been honest and even though some of you will be understandably angry, I hope you can respect my telling the truth in this matter.”