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Bernard Sumner braves New Order tour, even with fractured leg
By Aly Barchi | Published on Wednesday 31 July 2013
Despite revealing last week that he’d fractured his leg, Bernard Sumner has decided to limp on with the remainder of New Order’s summer tour of North America.
Writing via the band’s official site this past Sunday, Sumner explained he’d sustained a fracture relating to an earlier injury, saying: “Don’t worry, I’m not going to cancel the North American tour. I wouldn’t do that. It just means that when I go on stage I am in pain and physically unable to give it my all”.
He added: “It’s frustrating and makes performing very difficult but I’m doing the best that I can and ask for your understanding of the situation. As I was leaving a hotel one of the doormen said, ‘break a leg’. Apparently that’s just what I have done… ouch! Thank you I hope y’all still enjoy the shows”.
New Order, by the way, still have three US dates to brave, the first tonight at Boston’s Bank Of America Pavilion.
