{"id":578607,"date":"2026-08-24T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578607\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T08:12:09","slug":"alex-warren-cancels-auckland-spark-arena-concert-after-falling-ill-fans-to-get-refunds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578607\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Warren cancels Auckland Spark Arena concert after falling ill, fans to get refunds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">The singer took to social media on Monday afternoon to clarify the situation, saying he was \u201cbed-ridden sick\u201d and could \u201cbarely talk, let alone sing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt breaks my heart to even write this, but I have to cancel tonight\u2019s show,\u201d Warren said. \u201cI have tried everything to be able to make this show work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">He went on to explain that he understood the effort people went through to attend his concerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe fact that so many of you travelled for this one has made the decision even more difficult. I love you, and I hope you understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">The promoter said ticket holders will receive an automatic refund to their original payment method within 14-21 days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">If the tickets were transferred, the refund will go to the person who originally purchased the tickets from Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPlease watch your email for details,\u201d Warren said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Known for his role in the popular content creator group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/netflix-to-launch-hype-house-reality-show-following-the-lives-of-top-tiktok-stars\/S2DGLDPDX5LKT55W7BKILQDTRA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hype House<\/a> alongside Chase Hudson and Nikita Dragun, Warren first started posting skateboarding content to Instagram as early as May 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">After continually focusing on his music, the singer earned his first Billboard Hot 100 in 2024 and has more than one billion career streams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">According to reviews, Warren\u2019s two South Island shows went off without a hitch. Tina Law of The Press praised the singer\u2019s \u201chigh energy, emotional performance\u201d and \u201cself-deprecating humour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">According to Rova, Warren \u201cmade his way through the crowd towards the stage, high-fiving fans along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">His last New Zealand dates in August 2025 saw such an incredible demand that they were upgraded from the Powerstation to both the Auckland Town Hall and Civic Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The singer took to social media on Monday afternoon to clarify the situation, saying he was \u201cbed-ridden sick\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,20306,28440,51,3952,9218,20703,28721,25759,156,38403,9517,1333,26966,11551,29418,2514,111,139,71111,529,69,2847,62382,1305,9643,5433,2737,199,613,61,6656],"class_list":["post-578607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-alex","tag-arena","tag-auckland","tag-aucklands","tag-before","tag-cancelled","tag-cancels","tag-concert","tag-entertainment","tag-falling","tag-fans","tag-get","tag-grammy","tag-hours","tag-ill","tag-island","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nominee","tag-north","tag-nz","tag-only","tag-refunds","tag-show","tag-spark","tag-stage","tag-star","tag-take","tag-tiktok","tag-to","tag-warren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}