In October 2024, Donald Glover’s “New World Tour,” was abruptly canceled leaving fans around the world disappointed. The 68 city tour was set to have stops across North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Unfortunately, the tour was canceled indefinitely after 18 performances. This was his first tour since retiring the moniker Childish Gambino and choosing to perform under his birth name Donald Glover.
After numerous social media posts from fans asking where is Donald Glover, he decided to open up about what he experienced that forced him to cancel his New World Tour. While performing at Tyler the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Festival in Los Angeles, California, he revealed the shocking news that left attendees sending their prayers and well wishes.
Glover paused his performance for several minutes to talk to his fans revealing he had a stroke and doctors also discovered a hole in his heart. Check out his entire one hour set below. If you want to go directly to the part where he is speaking about his health diagnosis skip to 20:00.
After speaking about the health issues that he endured, Donald Glover went on to deliver a flawless performance. Many prayers to Glover and his continued healing and success.