Lana Del Rey Cancels Tour After ‘SNL’ Appearance!Update-Rep Says Not True!

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Lana Del Rey has been butchered in the media for her singing style and stale demeanor on  her Saturday Night Live appearance…maybe it was nerves, maybe its Lana’s personality but she has chosen to cancel her tour after much criticism!

Lana Del Rey’s tour has been postponed in the wake of the chanteuse’s disastrous “SNL” appearance last month.

The “Video Games” singer’s gigs were to coincide with the release of her album, “Born To Die” — but the plug was pulled after her tour managers, booking agents and label heads at Interscope powwowed following her bizarre, listless appearance on “SNL” that grew so notorious, it was spoofed by Kristen Wiig on the show itself last weekend.

“[Lana] and her manager decided to cancel [the tour] after ‘SNL,’ ” a source said. “She was very upset.” But, the source added, “They figure it allows time for her to clear her head, then go back to selling tickets. More importantly, they figure, the extra time gives them more distance from ‘SNL.’ ”

After her ill-fated “SNL” appearance, an e-mail written by NBC anchor Brian Williams leaked online, calling it “one of the worst outings in ‘SNL’ history.” She was also dissed as a “wack-a-doodle chick” on Twitter by actress Eliza Dushku and by singer Jenny Lewis.

Another source said Interscope’s Jimmy Iovine and Del Rey’s booking agents at CAA knew after “SNL” that she wasn’t ready to tour, and that live shows would hurt record sales.

“Jimmy knew if she would have disappointed again, it would have backfired,” the source said.

The puffy-lipped songstress was slated to perform 30 dates across the country at small venues for 1,000 to 3,000 ticket holders, sources say. The tour was to kick off as soon as March.

We hear Del Rey has been in the studio for the past week working on her performance, and her management is already planning to re-think the tour so they can promote the album.

“Interscope had nothing to do with booking or postponing a tour. Jimmy [Iovine] is excited and thankful that Lana is performing at a Grammy event in his honor this week,” a label rep said. Del Rey’s rep and a CAA rep didn’t get back to us.

Via NY Post

Update: A rep for Del Rey tells Billboard.com that the singer, who released her much-discussed debut album “Born To Die” last Tuesday, still plans to begin her first full tour in October, as was previously announced. “There has never been a spring tour announced or cancelled,” says the rep.

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