DROWNING POOL's May 2026 South American Tour Canceled Due To 'Low Ticket Sales'

DROWNING POOL's South American tour, which was scheduled to kick off on May 20 in Bogota, Colombia, has been canceled.

According to an official statement released by the tour organizers, the decision to scrap the trek "was made jointly by all local promoters involved due to low ticket sales recorded in all cities on the tour."

The statement adds: "Customers who have already purchased tickets should request a refund directly from the company responsible for ticket sales in their respective city.

"For more information and specific guidance regarding the refund process, please contact the local promoter.

"Thank you for your understanding."

DROWNING POOL's seven-date South American tour was slated to run through a May 31 show in Curitiba, Brazil. Stops on the trek included Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; and São Paulo, Brazil.

When the tour was first announced in early March, DROWNING POOL said in a statement: "We're super stoked to be playing in South America for the first time!"

DROWNING POOL issued three new singles over the course of the last year and a half — "The Wrong One", which was released in February 2026, "Madness", which came out in April 2025, and "Revolution (The Final Amen)", which arrived in September 2024. "Revolution (The Final Amen)" was the first piece of music guitarist C.J. Pierce, drummer Mike Luce and bassist Stevie Benton completed with singer Ryan McCombs in 13 years.

McCombs played his first shows back with DROWNING POOL in March 2023 at Club L.A. in Destin, Florida and at the inaugural Throwdown At The Campground festival in Fruitland Park, Florida.

The longtime SOIL frontman, who has lived in Swindon, England since 2018, originally joined DROWNING POOL in 2005 and appeared on two of the band's studio albums, "Full Circle" (2007) and "Drowning Pool" (2010),as well as a live album, 2009's "Loudest Common Denominator". He rejoined SOIL after exiting DROWNING POOL in 2011.

McCombs is continuing to front SOIL and will carry on recording and performing with both bands.

DROWNING POOL's debut album, "Sinner", was certified platinum within six weeks of its release in 2001, while the CD's first single, "Bodies", was one of the most frequently aired videos on MTV by a new band.

After the release of "Sinner", DROWNING POOL reached out to an ever-greater audience with dynamic performances at Wrestlemania XVIII and Ozzfest during the summers of 2001 and 2002. Unfortunately, their streak of success was not to last. Shortly after rousing the crowd at Ozzfest in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 3, 2002, vocalist Dave "Stage" Williams was found dead of natural causes on the tour bus.

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