Chance the Rapper postpones most of tour, except for Chicago date, following daughter’s birth

Chance the Rapper performs at “Chance the Rapper’s Parade to the Polls” at Grant Park’s Petrillo Music Shell in 2016. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times

Chance the Rapper took to Instagram Monday to announce he’s postponing most of the dates on his The Big Day tour. He will, however, perform in concert as scheduled Sept. 28 in Chicago.

The decision comes on the heels of the birth of his second daughter, Marli, born last week, who joins 4-year-old sister Kensli in the Bennett household. “I need to be as helpful and available as possible to my wife in these early months of raising Kensli and Marli,” he wrote.

In his post, the rapper, who performed at Northerly Island on Sunday as part of Kanye West’s Sunday Service concert, explained:

“This year has been one of the greatest of my life; Marriage, new baby, first album etc. But with it being so eventful it has also been very strenuous to divide my time and energy between family and work.”

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I thought it over for the past week and I’ve decided to push back my tour. This year has been one of the greatest of my life; Marriage, new baby, first album etc. But with it being so eventful it has also been very strenuous having to divide my time and energy between family and work. When Kensli was born, I went on tour 2 weeks later and missed some of the most important milestones in her life, but more importantly I was absent when her mother needed me the most. At this point as a husband and father of two I realize that I can’t make that mistake again. I need to be as helpful and available as possible to my wife in these early months of raising Kensli and Marli. I apologize because I know how many people were counting on seeing me soon, but I hope you’ll understand and forgive me in time. Tour kicks off Jan. 15th and you can still get tix or your refund if you are unavailable at chanceraps.com & a few of the shows are still being rescheduled as well so stay tuned. I love you guys AND LITERALLY CANT WAIT FOR U TO WITNESS THIS SHOW SIDENOTE: 9/28 CHICAGO AT UNITED CENTER IS STILL ON AS WELL AS “LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL FEST” “IHEART MUSIC FEST” & “MIAMI BEACH POP FEST”! ❤️

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With the exception of his Sept. 28 date at the United Center and three high-profile festival gigs in September and November, all the postponed dates have been rescheduled for 2020.

“Tour kicks off Jan. 15th and you can still get tix or your refund if you are unavailable at chanceraps.com & a few of the shows are still being rescheduled as well so stay tuned,” he informed fans via his post.