By VANESSA LANGDON
Staff Writer
Last Tuesday, October 15, the Palace Theater was supposed to be flooded with teenage girls ready to rock it out with the Jonas Brothers.
This tour was only the second time the Jonas Brothers would be visiting the state capital, returning after their first visit in 2008, unfortunately this date in addition to all others included on the tour would not happen.
Two days before their much anticipated tour a story broke on gossip sites all over the internet; the brothers, who had just reconvened after a ‘break’, were now canceling their North American tour.
The tour was slated to start in Pittsburgh last Friday to promote the upcoming release of their first album in over 4 years.
The tour was cancelled with no comment from the band themselves leading the subsequent days, titled the ‘Jonas Apocalypse’ by their fans, to be filled with rumors as to why this “deep musical rift” occurred and if it really was music related at all.
The band neglecting to release any personal statements and disappearing from social media only fueled the fire as the rumors swirled about the supposedly feuding brothers.
Rumors ranged from a cocaine addicted Joe Jonas to youngest brother Nick Jonas requesting more money than his older brothers share to it all being a publicity stunt to drum up interest for the as of yet unreleased comeback album. The rumors are all rumors as of now because there has been no clarification from the Jonas family or their management.
The bands twitter was even deleted Friday October 11 amid the rumors that the tour cancelation was leading to the more serious issue of a complete break up.
The lack of answers supplied from the three brothers has led to their hordes of fans seeking information via twitter from their band mates, musical director John Taylor and bassist Gregory Garbowsky.
Both of which maintained they were kept in the dark about the entire rift and found out about the cancelation the same time it was released to the public. They, and the rest of the band, were even in or en route to the first tour stop in Pittsburgh when they were notified.
The brother’s last performance together before the tour cancellation was the annual We Day concert in Minnesota on Monday October 6 where Joe Jonas advertised his involvement with the charity Feed The Children.
The performance was the last time the brothers were spotted together and with the power of hindsight there are claims that the rift was visible then with the brothers eating separately in addition to later leaving the venue individually.
The brothers were set to meet to discuss the rift and try to come to some sort of consensus but that only led to the rumors centering on Joe Jonas.
He neglected to show up to the meetings in NYC but was spotted out with known celebrity sober coach Mike Bayer in LA.
Nick and Kevin Jonas were apparently not as easily subdued as they both boarded planes to LA to meet with their brother. The situation is still unresolved as the brothers were never seen out together leaving it still a mystery.
The sober coach controversy was further muddled as Kevin Jonas was spotted with Bayer whether in talks with him for his own sobriety issues or discussing his brother’s welfare is uncertain.
Joe Jonas was seen out Thursday October 17 but he neglected to comment on the status of the band only stating that he is producing for other artists and is interested in acting in the future. The band is not doing themselves any favors as they remain tight lipped about the entire situation.
Their entire fan base waits patiently as the very people they ‘stayed’ for leave them hanging with lots of questions and very few answers as they continue to be spotted around LA.
The brothers may have just out grown the band, that started in 2005 and has produced four albums, fans understand that possibility but feel that after all the years of dedication they deserve an answer from the boys explaining what is happening and want to know the fate of the band.
The Jonas Brothers motto has always been you can’t break up a band of brothers but that very sentiment is being put to the test as the rift continues to cause a disturbance in the peace.
