The Civil Wars, Citing "Irreconcilable Differences," Cancel Upcoming Tour Dates

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First, let’s get this out of the way. Americana duo The Civil Wars, comprised of John Paul White (a little bit country) and Joy Williams (a little bit rock n’ roll) are married, just not to each other.

That said, news of the group’s cancellation of their upcoming tour dates read like divorce papers. “We sincerely apologize for the canceling of all of our tour dates. It is something we deeply regret,” in a message posted to The Civil Wars’ website and Facebook page. “However, due to internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition we are unable to continue as a touring entity at this time.”

Now this doesn’t mean that the band is breaking up! The Civil Wars noted that they were planning on putting out new music together some time next year. To their credit, the band also offered to reimburse non-refundable travel-related costs for ticket holding fans.

So how do tour divroces work? Is the band going into non-couples therapy? In any case, it’s fitting that The Civil Wars find themselves in the midst of a rather messy internal conflict. You know, because of their name.

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