Meghan Trainor was gearing up for the “beautiful chaos” of taking her family on the road days before cancelling her Get In Girl Tour.
“I can’t wait,” Trainor, 32, told Us Weekly exclusively in her recent cover story. “I’m also very nervous.”
Trainor explained that her husband, Daryl Sabara, and their three kids — sons Riley, 5, and Barry, 2, and daughter Mickey, 3 months — would be joining her on tour.
“I know the shows will be fun and great and exhausting, but the fans keep me going,” she continued. “But it’s spooky going out with a 6-month-old because we don’t even know what [Mickey is] going to be like at 6 months.”
Trainor went on to call her “middle child” Barry a “very emotional” toddler.
“We call him Scary Barry sometimes,” she said, before discussing her eldest son. “Riley’s main mission in life is to visit every tall building in the U.S., so I’m going to have to find the tallest building and beg them to let me go to the top.”
The pop star’s plan was to bring her mom, Kelli Trainor — a.k.a. her “nanny” — on tour as a way to combat the chaos.
“[When] the kids are all in bed, and I’m done with the show, I need you to help me get in the shower and pull my hair down and feed me medicine and make sure I’m good,” Meghan recalled telling her mom. “I need my mommy still. That’s nonnegotiable.”
All of those plans went out the window, however, when Meghan announced on Thursday, April 17 that she wouldn’t be going on tour.
“After a lot of reflection and some really tough conversations, I’ve made the difficult decision to cancel the Get in Girl Tour,” the musician wrote via Instagram Stories. “Balancing the release of a new album, preparing for a nationwide tour and welcoming our new baby girl to our growing family of five has just been more than I can take on right now.”
Meghan’s new album, Toy With Me, drops Friday, April 24. The Get In Girl Tour was set to run from June 12 through August 15.
“I know this will come as a disappointment to my fans, and I am so sorry to let you down,” the statement continued. “But I know this is the right decision for my family and me right now.”
She concluded, “I promise I’ll be back soon, and I can’t wait for you to hear this new record. I’m so proud of it and I’m endlessly grateful for your love and support always.”
