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She expands on reasons behind Garbage’s decision to “curtail” touring

Shirley Manson has elaborated on the announcement she made last month that Garbage were to “curtail” their “headline touring business.”

The band are currently on a lengthy North American tour, but you may recall that Manson suggested onstage last month that it will probably be their last. She said in Washington DC: “We have just decided that the economics have become untenable, so this is kind of the last time that we’ve decided we’re going to get on a bus and just tour all over North America.”

Now, this week at Denver’s Mission Ballroom, she expanded on the reasons behind that decision. “It has become entirely unsustainable for a band like us to come and tour anywhere except the coasts,” Manson said.