Donald Glover has canceled tour dates, citing an unspecified illness

“After my show in New Orleans, I went to the hospital in Houston to make sure an illness cleared up,” Glover said in a post on X on Friday. , and after further testing, I couldn't make the rest of the US tour within the time asked. As of now I have surgery scheduled and need time to heal.”

Glover has been on the New World Tour since August, promoting his album “Bando Stone and the New World” and an upcoming film he is directing of the same name.

But the 41-year-old musician was forced to change his tour schedule last month due to illness, initially postponing the concert “to focus on my physical health for a few weeks,” he said at the time.

After the “difficult decision” to cancel the concerts altogether, he added, “my road to recovery is something I have to deal with seriously.”

Glover got his start as a writer on Tina Fey's “30 Rock” before rising to fame as Troy Barnes on the NBC comedy series “Community.” Most recently, he starred in the first season of the Prime Video series “Mr. And Ms. Smith, opposite Maya Erskine, voiced Simba in the 2019 remake of “The Lion King” and appeared as Lando Calrissian in the 2018 film “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” a role he will reprise in an upcoming film, according to to diversity. (Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon, which owns Prime Video.)

Throughout his prolific music career, Glover released hits such as “Redbone”—which won a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance—and “Me and Your Mama (Let Me Into Your Heart)” under the Childish Gambino stage name. But he told the New York Times earlier this year that the name was used after the release of his latest album.

He has won acclaim for his contributions to television and music, winning two Emmys and two Golden Globes as director, star and producer of the surrealist comedy-drama “Atlanta,” and four Grammy Awards for “This Is America,” which was widely praised for its visuals. The powerful music video references racism, minstrelsy, and violence that black people face in the United States.

Many fans on social media sent their wishes for a speedy recovery following the news.

“I want nothing more than to bring this show to the fans and perform,” Glover concluded in his Friday message. “Until then, thanks for the love, privacy and support.”