On April 3, 2008, Beirut canceled a previously announced summer European tour. Already in 2006, Beirut canceled the European leg of the tour due in the fall because after two months of the US tour, Condon stated that he was exhausted. Condon explained the cancellations in a post on the official Beirut website, stating that he wanted to put the effort into ensuring that any shows would be “as good as humanly possible”. In January 2009 the double EP March of the Zapotec/Holland EP was released, containing an official Beirut release based on Condon’s recent trip to Oaxaca ( March of the Zapotec ), and electronic music under the “Realpeople” name ( Holland ). On February 6, 2009 Beirut made their debut television performance in the United States on the Late Show with David Letterman , performing “A Sunday Smile”.
canceled summer European tour
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