Just days after they announced their summer tour dates, the Psychedelic Furs have been forced to cancel their spring and summer tour dates “due to a serious medical issue in the band.”
The Furs made the announcement on May 8 on their Facebook account in a post featuring the band’s star logo and a caption that read in full: “UPDATE: Due to a serious medical issue in the band, the tour dates scheduled for spring and summer are being cancelled. Please accept our deepest apologies for the inconvenience. Refunds are available at point of purchase. More soon.”
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It’s unclear who in the band is suffering from the undisclosed medical issue. Singer Richard Butler, who formed the Furs with his brother Tim in 1977, are the only original members still in the band. Richard will turn 70 on June 5, while Tim is 67.
The band is best known for their 1981 song “Pretty in Pink,” which inspired the name of the 1986 John Hughes film starring Molly Ringwald. The band re-recorded a more polished version of the song for the film’s soundtrack.
This isn’t the first time in recent memory that the Furs have been beset by health problems. The band’s longtime saxophonist Mars Williams died on Nov. 20, 2023, at the age of 68 after suffering from ampullary cancer. Despite his illness, Williams continued to perform live with the band through October. We caught one of his final performances on Oct. 13, 2023, where Richard Butler saluted Williams on stage before Williams took the spotlight on the sax-laden Furs’ classic “Sister Europe,” from their 1980 self-titled debut.
Original guitarist John Ashton, who left the band after they went on a hiatus in 1992, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021. His friend, singer/bassist Gail Ann Dorsey, launched a GoFundMe to help play for his medical treatment. In 2024, Ashton shared that his cancer is in remission.
On March 5, the Furs had announced a summer tour with Living Colour in addition to previously announced spring dates with We Are Scientists.
On the band’s official website, three shows are still listed, but it’s unclear if the band plans to play them. The dates listed are May 31 at the Libbey Bowl in Ojai, Calif., Aug. 9 at Northfield Park Racino in Northfield, Ohio with Living Colour, and Nov. 14 in Huntington Beach, Calif. at the Dark Waves Festival, which is headlined by Morrissey and the Smashing Pumpkins.
Since reforming in 2000, the Furs have been a regular presence on the touring circuit. They played 64 dates in 2025 and 50 in 2024, according to setlist.fm.
In a 2020 interview with this writer for the streaming service TIDAL, Richard Butler addressed the band’s ties to the movie Pretty in Pink.
“It’s a double-edged sword, the Pretty in Pink thing. It brought us a good deal of attention, but I think — John Hughes, God bless him — the song was sort of misrepresented. I think a lot of people think it’s about somebody actually wearing a pink dress and taking it all quite literally, but it wasn’t about that at all,” he explained. “So when ‘Love My Way’ was used in [the 2017 film] Call Me By Your Name, it felt like it righted the balance somewhat. Because I thought that was an excellent use of it, and that song couldn’t have found a better place to be.”
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