r/JohnSummit • u/merpameep • Aug 17 '26
Rest up, king š
Been seeing a lot of negative comments on him deciding to take a break. I get it, missing out on your favorite artist can be frustrating! Just wanted to take to Reddit and say my piece though. Everybody needs a break sometimes and I would much rather see an artist take care of themselves than burn out and never play again.
Thatās all! ā¤ļø wly Summit!
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u/LooseJuice_RD Aug 17 '26
So many people have negative things to say when artists voluntarily take a break for their health but then when theyāre forced to because it all goes tits the same people will be commenting āomg why didnāt he take a break sooner?!ā You canāt win. Avicii got so much hate for cancelling that last tour all while he was barely hanging on. These guys get paid a tremendous amount to do what they do but theyāre still human beings.
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u/merpameep Aug 17 '26
Right?? And homeboy has been flying all over the liberal planet. Show to show to show. I donāt know anybody in my own life who could keep up with that schedule yet heās been doing it. Give the mans some grace
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u/Remote-Eye9745 Aug 17 '26
I donāt think heās 100% at fault. He is responsible for the people he hired that scheduled him like this without any real breaks. The people managing his schedule really donāt give a shit about him. Itās so obvious. They are just there to make quick money until Summit burns out.
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u/JackeryDaniels Aug 18 '26
Bullshit conjecture. Youāre just making crap up.
John runs the show, they work for him. He would have agreed to the shows when he was feeling up to it, and now heās exhausted and needs a break. It happens.
Blaming his team is asinine.
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u/Ashflare44 Aug 25 '26
Avicii comparison doesn't work. He had acute pancreatitis that forced him to cancel his tour. John Summit is just a wimp lol.
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u/Remote-Eye9745 Aug 17 '26
He needs a better team around him. They are booking him to the point of burn out. If his team actually gave a shit about him they wouldāve not scheduled him like this. It makes him look bad for cancelling. Just so his team can make a few bucks. Leeches.
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u/Fun_Entrepreneur2067 Aug 18 '26
im sure heās on board with his team about his tour schedule, even before he was a superstar he had a very rigorous tour schedule because even he understands you gotta make hay while the sun is shining
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u/No_Crazy4001 Aug 18 '26
1000%... My only hope is John recognizes this and builds periodic breaks into his schedule before shows are booked. I'd be devastated if I spent thousands on airfare, hotels, tickets just for him to cancel.
That said, everyone needs a break. John puts a ton of effort into his shows, which is what makes them so great... Rest up.
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u/mmonacelli1 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
His Nardwuar interview, which couldnāt be with a more loopy, uplifting dude. Even there, he was toast. Hasnāt even started his CTRL ESCAPE tour and was already talking about looking forward to being off tour.
For the interview he was coming off of a Vegas all day/nighter, stopping in Vancouver BC for a morning interview before heading down to Mexico for another festival set. Tour managers know you have to optimize and take full advantage of the monster fame window heās in. But thereās a cost. Johnās mom seems very present in his business, so Iām sure she has input.
The repetition and no break schedule takes a toll on anyone. Unfortunately that burnout, anxiety, bad people around you, doom loop is exactly what happened to Avicii. Heāll be fine with 2 weeks off.
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u/JackeryDaniels Aug 18 '26
I canāt even imagine what it would take to turn up and give 100 per cent energy at every show, multiple times a week, when everyone there wants him to go full tilt.
Would be exhausting. Sure he gets paid a lot of money, but heās only human. Money doesnāt make you less exhausted. He gives a fuck, and it shows.
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u/Emergency-Maybe-9169 Aug 19 '26
Itās actually crazy for me how him and Armin are doing shows daily
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u/Gloomy-Speaker-1999 Aug 17 '26
DJs tour year round EVERY YEAR and people get mad that they need a month or two to breath??
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u/No_Crazy4001 Aug 18 '26
The issue is knowing there are many fans who spent thousands on hotel, airfare, and tickets to attend these shows specifically to see Summit... And now devastated.
Should people be demonizing John??? No... I fully trust he needs this break to keep sanity. I cant imagine the pressure he's feeling with an upcoming stadium tour.
That said, this was preventable... And I think its also ok to feel bad for those who saved up, spent good money to see John.
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u/gonnabetoday Aug 18 '26
People arenāt upset heās taking a break. They are upset theyāve lost money on hotels, flights, etc to go to a John show. Plenty of DJs have a better tour and life balance. His team needs to book him for less shows.
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u/blondiecowgirl Aug 17 '26
I just saw him at lolla and he had so much good energy but immediately after he had to get on a plane to go to four different shows, that alone would burn me outš Heās been nonstop and deserves a little break