The Repair Shop live tour forced to cancel dates after struggling to sell tickets following Jay Blades accusations

THE Repair Shop live tour has canceled three dates next year after venues struggled to sell tickets, we can reveal.

An insider said the show’s brand was “damaged” when host Jay Blades was accused of controlling and coercive behavior.

Other dates will take place “for now”, the source added, but tickets “are not really sold out”.

Secrets From the Barn tour dates removed are Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Venues confirmed that the concerts had not been postponed.

A spokesperson for the fair blamed the cancellations on “unforeseen scheduling issues” and said they were “looking forward to visiting these areas later in 2025”.

He said tickets for the other ten dates, including Bath, Leicester and Salford, had not been affected.

They will feature Blades co-stars Steve Fletcher, Suzie Fletcher, Will Kirk and Kirsten Ramsay.

The Sun revealed in October that Blades, 54, a presenter of the BBC One show for seven years, had been dropped from the UK tour.

He was arrested on May 3 this year following allegations by his wife Lisa Zbozen, 43.

She announced her decision to end their marriage the same day.

Blades, from Wolverhampton, faces trial following May after denying engaging in controlling or coercive behavior between January 2023 and September 2024.