Earl Sweatshirt Cancels Concerts Following His Father's Death

In the wake of his father's recent passing, Earl Sweatshirt has cancelled a series of upcoming concerts.

Earl was set to play a string of live dates in Australia alongside The xx, but Aussie promoters Handsome Tours have reported that the rapper will no longer be playing those shows this month.

We regret to inform that, due to the recent passing of Earl Sweatshirt's father, he must cancel his appearances as support for @The_xx this month. We sincerely apologise to those affected by this cancellation and send our sincerest condolences to @earlxsweat at this time.

— Handsome Tours (@HandsomeTours) January 8, 2018

As previously reported, Earl's father Keorapetse Kgositsile — a South African poet laureate — died early this month. He was 79.

Following his passing, Earl tweeted the following:

thank yall for your thoughts and love pic.twitter.com/qhualj0fjL

— thebe kgositsile (@earlxsweat) January 4, 2018

Beyond the Australian dates, which were set to kick off later this week, Earl Sweatshirt does not have any more currently scheduled concerts.