Fans call hard foul on Eric Church after country star abruptly cancels sold-out concert to go to Final Four

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Eric Church fans have whistled the country music star for a hard foul after he announced the abrupt cancelation of a concert this weekend so that he could attend the Final Four men’s college basketball championship.

Church, who’s a die-hard fan of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, left ticket holders for Saturday’s scheduled concert at San Antonio’s AT&T Center holding the bag, choosing to stiff his paying fans so that he could be in attendance as his beloved team faces off against the archrival Duke Blue Devils in New Orleans with the winner’s ticket being punched to next Monday’s title game.

Fans who had bought tickets and made plans to see one of Church’s epic live shows got the bad news through an emailed statement from Ticketmaster which informed them that the sold-out stop on The Gather Again Tour had been called off along with a personal message to the “Church Choir” from the singer-songwriter.

“This Saturday, my family and I are going to stand together to cheer on the Tar Heels as the team has made it to the Final Four,” the notice quotes Church.

“As a lifelong Carolina basketball fan, I’ve watched Carolina and Duke battle over the year but to have them matchup in the Final Four for the first time in history of the NCAA Tournament is any sports enthusiast’s dream,” trying to explain the rationale behind his decision.

“This is the most selfish thing I’ve ever asked the Choir to do: to give up your Saturday night plans with us so that I can have this moment with my family and sports community,” he added, admitting his selfishness to the jilted fans. “However, it’s that same type of passion felt by the people who fill the seats at our concerts that makes us want to be part of a crowd at a game of this significance.”

“Woody Durham always said, ‘Go where you go and do what you do,’  thanks for letting me go here and be with the Tar Heels,” Church said, referring to the beloved UNC announcer who passed away in 2018 and thanking the thousands of stunned fans who shelled out their hard earned cash for tickets to the San Antonio show.

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Adding insult to injury, the email informed ticket buyers that they may have to wait up to 30 days to get their money back.

Twitter users angrily responded to what one described as “one heck of a d*ck move” by Church.

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Others who probably didn’t have tickets to the canceled gig were more sympathetic

UNC and Duke are set to tip off at  8:49 pm ET with the victor facing either the Kansas Jayhawks or the Villanova Wildcats for all the marbles.

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12 thoughts on “Fans call hard foul on Eric Church after country star abruptly cancels sold-out concert to go to Final Four

  1. Wow, this goes down in the old days when we liked Stephen Colbert in The Colbert Report, when he featured the Alpha Dog segment. This was one major douchebag move by Eric Church, but the balls! Or just absolute stupidity. It’s like I’m Red Forman trying to listen to Michael Kelso – does not compute. And then he makes them wait 30 days for the refund…WITHOUT EVEN OFFERING A RESCHEDULE! You sir, are the Alpha Dog of the Week! WOW!

  2. Eric, I understand your love family, but maybe you are to consider everyone else’s logo family. Think about the couples that came in and rented a room, that you stiffed. Have them all send in their hotel bills, you pay them, and enjoy the final four.

  3. Someone tweeted that Church “called in sick” like millions do during the Final Four. Except, thousands of people arranged their lives and finances around this concert. It really is a selfish, selfish decision :(

  4. Totally unprofessional. When you have commitments with soooo many people and you just cancel for a basketball game??? A death in the family maybe but NOT a basketball game. Dude needs to grow up. He cost a lot of people a lot of money yeah selfish doesn’t even begin to describe it.

  5. What a selfish Asshole! That’s nuff said (if he were a true Tar Heels fan he would have expected? that they would be playing). He should offer to pay everyone’s non-refundable travel expenses. Not likely.

  6. This should be the end of his career. No one should ever buy a ticket to one of his shows again.

    People will, though, because people love being sh*t on.

  7. “My family and I will stand together”? This isn’t some kind of event requiring him to courageously take a stand to support a crucial moral cause, it’s a basketball game, for goodness sake. I hate Duke, but I hope they trounce North Carolina.

    He’s right, it’s incredibly selfish. He may just have killed his career.

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