Kelly Clarkson Explains Why Discuss Present Prevents Her from Touring

Kelly Clarkson is getting candid with followers about why she hasn’t been hitting the street recently.

Throughout her live performance in Atlantic Metropolis, N.J., on Friday (Could 9), the 43-year-old pop star and TV character informed the gang that touring isn’t real looking proper now because of the demanding schedule of The Kelly Clarkson Present.

“We haven’t carried out a present shortly, y’all, ’trigger I’ve a chat present. It’s like an entire different job,” Clarkson stated, referencing her band, based on Web page Six. The Grammy winner additionally famous that being a single mom takes up a lot of her time.

Nonetheless, Clarkson expressed gratitude for the chance to carry out two nights at Atlantic Metropolis’s Exhausting Rock Stay at Etess Area — her first dwell reveals in practically six months.

“We’re bummed ’trigger we love doing reveals, and it’s arduous to suit it in, so it’s cool when it does work out with the schedule,” the American Idol alum informed the viewers. “And it’s cool to get to see your faces and feed off y’all. Thanks a lot for having a lot power.”

Her 90-minute set included fan-favorite hits akin to “My Life Would Suck With out You,” “Due to You,” “Breakaway,” “Miss Impartial,” “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and “Since U Been Gone.” It marked her first full-length live performance since November 2024.

Clarkson hasn’t launched into a full tour since 2019. Within the years since, she has booked Las Vegas residencies — together with reveals at PH Stay at Planet Hollywood in 2023 and 2024. Earlier this yr, she introduced a brand new Vegas residency, Kelly Clarkson: Studio Classes, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The present opens July 4 and runs via July and August, with extra dates scheduled for November.

In March, Clarkson celebrated the milestone 1,000th episode of The Kelly Clarkson Present. The daytime program, which launched in 2019, was renewed by NBC Owned Tv Stations for a seventh season in December 2024. Her contract is about to run out subsequent yr, Web page Six studies.

The present has earned 22 Daytime Emmy Awards, together with eight particular person wins for Clarkson herself. Most lately, it received excellent daytime speak collection for the fourth consecutive yr on the 2024 Daytime Emmys.

Now in its sixth season, The Kelly Clarkson Present averages 1.2 million viewers per day and stays one of many high syndicated speak reveals within the nation, airing on greater than 200 stations nationwide.