JP Saxe is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who released the second part of his two-part album, “Make Yourself at Home,” in June. He’d scheduled an ambitious tour to take place in the Fall, headlining low-thousands-capacity venues like New York’s Brooklyn Steel and Seattle’s Showbox, but earlier this week, he posted a TikTok explaining that if he didn’t sell an additional 20,000 tickets for the tour in 48 hours, he’d have to cancel the entire trek. He said so with an honesty and self-awareness rarely displayed by musicians in similar situations.

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That honesty continues: On Friday morning, he announced that, like an increasing number