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Eagles Of Death Metal cancel European tour dates
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 29 February 2016
Eagles Of Death Metal have cancelled their remaining European tour dates after frontman Jesse Hughes tore a tendon in his finger. The band will recommence their world tour in South America next week.
In a statement on Friday, the band said: “Eagles Of Death Metal has regrettably been forced to cancel the remainder of their European tour due to founder Jesse Hughes tearing a tendon in his finger. Hughes has tried to play through the injury during the current tour, but doctors have advised that the only way to properly heal it is to stop playing now, or risk further injury and having to cancel several weeks worth of shows”.
Hughes commented: “I’m devastated that we cannot continue what has been a life-changing return to Europe, but I need to get repaired so we can continue to play rock music around this beautiful world, including coming back to Europe even stronger in the summer”.
The European shows, of course, came three months after terrorists stormed an Eagles Of Death Metal show in Paris last November, killing 90 people. The band returned to Paris for a new headline show earlier this month, having previously joined U2 on stage in French capital just three weeks after the attack.
Their next scheduled show is now at the Armando Music Hall in Bogota, Colombia on 9 Mar.
