The Tea · ALL(H)OURS · Tour timeline
ALL(H)OURS Took the Long Way to North America, With a Cancellation Mess in the Middle
The group kept moving. The tour notices did not always keep up with the money and travel plans fans had already moved.
Status: Historical cancellation and postponement file; ALL(H)OURS remained active.
Last meaningful update: Later North American activities went forward after the earlier cancellation period.
Receipts level: Official group/promoter notices, preserved announcement records and completed schedules.
What happened
ALL(H)OURS spent 2025 expanding faster than a rookie-company touring system could always support. International fancons and appearances were announced, fans began planning, and then parts of the route changed or disappeared under phrases such as “unforeseen circumstances” and “logistical circumstances.”
Those phrases can be true. They are also broad enough to cover everything from visas and freight to ticket sales, venue problems, promoter cash flow or a schedule that should never have been announced in that shape. Unless the agency or promoter names the cause, fans should not fill the blank with whichever rumor makes the best villain.
The timeline
April 2025: The first ALL(H)OURS fancon dates in Latin America were cancelled under an “unforeseen circumstances” notice. Fans were left to untangle refunds and whether a return was realistic.
Throughout 2025: The group continued overseas schedules and promotions. The cancellation was a route failure, not a group hiatus.
November 2025: North American fancon plans were postponed because of “unforeseen logistical circumstances.” The wording protected private negotiations; it did not answer the practical questions fans had after booking.
Later activity: ALL(H)OURS continued North American-facing schedules and appearances through later arrangements. That proved the destination had not been abandoned, but it did not retroactively make the earlier notices useful.
Current file: Closed as a historical tour-communication problem unless a new official refund or rescheduling dispute reopens it.
What is confirmed
- International fancon plans were publicly announced.
- Latin American dates were cancelled.
- North American plans were later postponed under logistical wording.
- The group continued working and later returned to North American-facing activity.
- The notices came from the organizations responsible for the schedules, not a fan rumor account.
What is not confirmed
- That weak ticket sales caused every affected date.
- That immigration or visa delays were the sole cause.
- That the members personally controlled the rollout.
- That “postponed” always meant new dates had already been secured.
- Any private financial dispute not named in an official notice.
Why small-company tours break differently
A major-label tour can absorb delays through staff, cash reserves and established promoter relationships. A rookie overseas run may depend on a Korean agency, local promoter, venue, ticketing platform, travel contractors, freight, visas and several people whose names never appear on the poster. One weak handoff can fold the route.
That context deserves empathy. It does not erase the fan’s side of the transaction. People request time off, buy transport, reserve hotels and sometimes cross borders. “Unforeseen circumstances” may protect legal discussions, but the rest of the notice still needs to say exactly what is cancelled, who controls the refund and whether the word “postponed” has an actual date behind it.
The refund information is part of the story
K-pop notices often write five sentences about disappointment and one sentence about money. Reverse that ratio. Fans know the members are disappointed. They need the ticketing platform, the refund method, the expected processing window and a contact that will still answer after the social post slides down the feed.
A tour file should therefore preserve more than the emotional announcement. It should preserve venue lists, dates, ticket sellers, promoter names and later corrections. That is how the next fan avoids meeting the same big bad wolf in a different concert poster.
What the later visit changed
Later North American activity mattered because it showed the group’s international plans survived the failed route. It also separated the performers from the logistical failure. ALL(H)OURS kept rehearsing, releasing music and showing up where schedules held.
But completion is not erasure. A later successful appearance cannot refund an earlier flight or restore a vacation day. The adult version of fandom can celebrate the return and still keep the cancellation notice in the receipts folder.
RaeRae take
Small companies do not control the universe. They do control the clarity of the notice they publish after the universe punches the schedule. I am not blaming seven idols for visas, venues, freight or somebody else’s spreadsheet. I am blaming the industry habit of treating fans like emotional support wallets who will understand everything without being told anything. Tell people what stopped, where the money goes and whether “postponed” has a pulse. A light stick cannot process a chargeback.
Receipt status
Confirmed: Cancellation/postponement announcements and continuing activity.
Interpretation: My criticism of vague touring communication.
Do not invent: A single secret cause when the responsible organizations did not publish one.