Scorpions cancelled their four-city India "Coming Home" tour on Saturday, April 18, citing "unforeseen medical circumstances affecting the band members." [1] The tour was scheduled to open Tuesday, April 21, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong, continuing to Delhi-NCR on April 24, Bengaluru on April 26, and Mumbai on April 30. [2] The paper's Monday thread-promotion feature flagged a four-cancellation weekend cluster — Lambrini Girls, Scorpions' U.S. run, Journey, and Cold — as a pricing signal in the touring economy. Scorpions' India tour is the fifth inside the same window.

BookMyShow, the Indian tour organizer, said tickets would be refunded within seven to 10 working days. [3] Scorpions' April 15 Brussels date at Forest National went ahead; the band's next scheduled appearance is May 3 in Abu Dhabi, followed by a European summer tour beginning June 16 in Malta and a Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood beginning September 17. [1] The India dates mark Scorpions' first planned live appearances in the country in nearly two years.

Layered with Meghan Trainor's full-tour cancellation announced April 16 and Billy Strings' Monday postponement, the 72-hour cluster the paper named has extended into seven cancellations in seven days. Four of the seven cite medical reasons, two cite scheduling, one cites venue. No single explanation covers the density. The question the paper asked Monday — does a fifth cancellation extend the cluster from 72-hour event to rolling pattern — now has two answers in succession. Tuesday will show whether an eighth follows.

-- CAMILLE BEAUMONT, Los Angeles