The clearly show was canceled on June 16, 2002, and the Sinclair Broadcast Group had dropped the exhibit from its ABC-affiliated stations months prior. Zappa's past tour in a rock and jazz band format took area in 1988 with a 12-piece team which experienced a repertoire of in excess of 100 (largely Zappa) compositions, but which break up beneath acrimonious situations right before the tour was accomplished.