Yeah Yeah Yeahs cancel SNL look and pageant

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have pulled out of their upcoming appearances on Saturday Evening Stay and at KROQ’s Acoustic Christmas as a consequence of Nick Zinner’s ongoing well being points.

Zinner has had pneumonia during the last month and the band confirmed on their social media channels that he nonetheless wants extra time to recuperate earlier than returning to the stage.

“As a lot of our followers know, Nick has pneumonia during the last month and it’s been an up and down restoration course of,” the band wrote. “The band’s high precedence is supporting Nick and in consequence we needed to pull out from our engagements of KROQ’s Acoustic Christmas and Saturday Evening Stay.

“YYYs have loved the unimaginable highs of being supported on KROQ and the large honor of being chosen to shut out SNL’s 2022, we’re deeply grateful and expectedly heartbroken we can not rise to those events,” the assertion continues. “It’s been a tricky week, and it’s been a tricky 12 months on the well being entrance for us alongside so many artists who’re dedicated to connecting with audiences amidst a pandemic.

“We ship our like to our followers and supporters, thanks in your understanding and properly needs, it means the world to us. Wishing you a wholesome and completely happy remainder of 2022, we’re trying ahead to a robust return in 2023. A lot love, Karen, Nick, and Brian.”

The band additionally shared a photograph of flowers that had been despatched to Zinner by SNL and a card hoping he will get properly quickly.

The band’s SNL efficiency was speculated to mark their first look on the present since 2009. They are going to be changed on the final episode of the present for the 12 months by Lizzo.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs launched their first album in virtually a decade, ‘Cool It Down’, in September. It got here in at Quantity 23 on NME‘s Albums of the Yr 2022 listing, whereas the tune ‘Wolf’ made it into the Songs Of The Yr listing at Quantity 11.