Kings of Leon cancel UK dates after ‘freak’ twist of fate

Kings of Leon have cancelled their upcoming UK and European presentations after lead singer Caleb Followill broke a bone in his heel in a “freak” twist of fate.

The American rockers were because of play a sequence of dates together with at Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields and a headline slot on the Lytham Festival in Lancashire this summer time.

But Followill showed he had passed through emergency surgical operation after “shattering” his heel whilst taking part in together with his kids and is now not able to go back and forth or carry out for a minimum of 8 weeks.

“The band regrets to report that they will need to cancel all upcoming UK and European festival headline shows in June and July of this year,” a observation learn.

The Grammy Award winners, who’ve had UK chart luck with tracks together with Sex On Fire, Use Somebody and Radioactive, have been additionally because of play dates in Germany and Belgium.

Frontman Followill issued his personal observation on social media from his house in Nashville, USA, to provide an explanation for the “freak” twist of fate.

“I’ve broken my foot bad playing with my kids. I’ll spare you the details but it was pretty gnarly,” he mentioned, appearing his leg in plaster.

“It’s a big bummer because we were so excited and had been preparing for this tour for a long time. We’ve been in the studio recording a bunch of new music that we were going to debut.

“But now we need to pivot and do no matter paintings we will whilst I’ve those boundaries.

“It’s not the message I want to be sending but hopefully we’ll see you all soon.”