Multi-platinum rock band Third Eye Blind had never canceled a tour, even when its members “all had salmonella poisoning and we were all green and vomiting,” as bandleader Stephan Jenkins put it.
“In the 22 years since I’ve been doing this, I’ve never had a tour begin at the announcement of a global pandemic,” Jenkins said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, the day Third Eye Blind was set to kick off its latest tour in Seattle, a show they eventually canceled.
Third Eye Blind, who released their six-times platinum self-titled debut album in 1997 and have Top 10 pop hits like “Semi-Charmed Life,” “Jumper” and “How It’s Going to Be,” also canceled Thursday's performance in Portland, Oregon, and the tour closer in
Washington, D.C. The tour is expected to visit
Los Angeles, San Diego,
Chicago, Boston and
New York, where they’ll play Radio City Music Hall.