Steve Martin has canceled two comedy tour stops over the weekend after contracting COVID, the Only Murders in the Building star shared on Instagram. He and co-star Martin Short were set to continue The Dukes of Funnytown! Tour.
“Dear Virginia Beach and Richmond. Sadly, I have come down with Covid. I can’t possibly do the shows that you deserve. So Marty and I must cancel tonight & tomorrow. But we will return under better circumstances.😔,” Martin wrote on Instagram yesterday alongside a photo of his pup looking weary.
In a separate joke post later, Martin shared an image of his COVID test results, saying, “Hey! No flu!”
The comedic duo and longtime collaborators’ next stop will be at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Florida Oct. 4, a rescheduled date from Jan. 11. Additional tour dates will occur in such locales as Las Vegas, Boston, Pittsburgh and Austin, concluding with a final stop in Cleveland in late April 2026.
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Martin and Short were recently at the Emmys this past Sunday, after which they attended The Walt Disney Company’s Emmys bash, where they were pictured alongside Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden.
This is now the second time one of the veteran comics’ contraction of COVID has forced a tour cancellation or rescheduling. Earlier this year, it was Short who contracted COVID after attending the star-studded weekend-long celebration that was SNL50. “Maya [Rudolph] had Covid. Marty has Covid. I wonder why? The SNL 50th Covid curse is real,” Martin wrote on Instagram in February. As a result, The Dukes of Funnytown! moved its Tennessee and North Carolina stops to mid-October.
Martin and Short can currently be seen starring opposite Selena Gomez in Only Murders, the fifth season of which is currently releasing on Hulu weekly.