MIA has axed her UK tour and she made the announcement while performing at the MoMa venue in New York this week (on June 9th).
"This is my last show. I cancelled the UK tour. Nobody knows. This is it. You're hearing it first. My manager was supposed to cancel it yesterday, but he was watching football � don't tell anyone - and he forgot. So nobody knows. I guess now they will." MIA told New York Magazine.
"I'm cancelling because I feel like physically I just have to stop for a second. It's too insane. I was losing a sense of just, like, reality, you know what I mean? I think for an artist like me, it's so important for me to be in the streets and go to the same shop every day and see the same people and, like, communicate."
"And it's really difficult to do that when you're in the city every day for 24 hours. Like, I love connecting with my band, but I want to actually help them and be a part of peoples' lives. Which is really hard when you're on tour."
MIA also added that she will still be working on her next album - "I've been writing on tour. I'm really into writing new songs. I'm going to put out a new record instead. At the end of the day, I'm here, you know."
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