Kings Of Leon cancel upcoming UK and European reveals as a result of Caleb Followill “freak accident”
Kings Of Leon have cancelled a future og upcoming UK and European reveals following Caleb Followill being concerned in a “freak accident”.
The frontman introduced the information as we speak (Could 28) through an replace on social media. Taking to Instagram, he shared that he underwent emergency surgical procedure lately after breaking his foot.
“Hey to everybody on the market, particularly our European followers who’re coming to see us this summer season,” he started. “Sadly I remorse to tell you that these reveals must be cancelled as a result of a freak accident that occurred the opposite day. I broke my foot fairly dangerous enjoying with my children.
“It’s fairly gnarly and I’ll spare all the main points. However we’re lucky sufficient to have some nice docs right here in Nashville that gave me emergency surgical procedure. I’m on the mend, however they instructed me that I can’t be on my ft, travelling, or something for the following eight weeks or so. That’s a giant bummer. “
He continued, revealing that the band had been planning on previewing some new materials through the now-cancelled gigs, and reassuring followers that he and his bandmates will proceed attempting to work through the upcoming months.
“We had been so excited, we’ve been making ready for this tour for a very long time… We’ve been within the studio recording, we’ve got a bunch of recent songs, we had been going to debut just a few of them on this run,” Followill added. “We had a number of thrilling issues deliberate and now we’re going to must pivot and discover a new option to proceed the work that we’ve began.”
Concluding, he added: “I’m very excited for after we do get to point out you the stuff we’re doing, and within the meantime we’re going to do no matter work we will whereas I’ve these limitations. Thrilling stuff is coming, I do know this isn’t the message anybody desires to listen to. It’s definitely not the message I wish to be sending, but it surely’s going to be alright. Hopefully, we’ll see y’all quickly.”
In an official assertion, the band additionally shared: “Kings of Leon are updating followers that Caleb Followill has lately sustained a critical damage, shattering his heel and requiring a big emergency surgical procedure, that can stop him from travelling and performing.”
“The anticipated restoration course of is anticipated to take eight weeks, underneath strict steerage of professional orthopaedic specialists,” it continued. “The band regrets to report that they might want to cancel all upcoming UK and European pageant headline reveals in June and July of this 12 months. Caleb took to social media as we speak to element his damage in a heartfelt apology to all of the followers.”
The now-scrapped reveals included two enormous UK headline reveals, set to happen in Cardiff and Lytham this summer season. The previous was a slot on the Blackweir Reside collection, and the latter was a part of Lytham Pageant, the place the band had been set to take to the stage alongside Justin Timberlake, Alanis Morissette, Easy Minds and Texas.
Different affected gigs embrace Mad Cool Pageant in Madrid and Belgium’s Rock Werchter. At time of writing, no rescheduled reside reveals have been introduced.
The band are nonetheless set to play different scheduled reveals this summer season, together with Southsea’s Victorious Pageant and Newcastle’s Come Collectively Pageant.
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The reveals had been set to happen in celebration of Kings Of Leon’s ninth studio album, ‘Can We Please Have Enjoyable’, which was shared final Could. That document was given four-star assessment from NME and described as “simply KOL’s most promising, liberated document for over a decade”.