Los Angeles Oct 8 (IANS) Nearly all of the dates of rapper Iggy Azaleas "Bad Girls" North American tour have been cancelled according to the tours promoter Live Nation. The 21-city five-week tour her first headlining trek in the territory in four years was scheduled to kick off on October 27 in Hollywood and wrap up on December 4 in Houston. 

"Due to unforeseen circumstances Iggy Azalea s The Bad Girls Tour has been cancelled " a statement from Live Nation said. "Refunds are available at point of purchase " the statement further reads reports variety.com.

The rapper tweeted on Sunday "Believe me - I was really excited for this tour… and I m genuinely disappointed it can t happen this year. The choice was out of my hands and not my call to make." She followed with another tweet that said "All i can do is keep pushing keep recording and keep a smile on my face."

While there was no elaboration on what those circumstances were a large number of tickets were available for the four dates that had not yet been cancelled late Saturday night.

--IANS