Gigs & Festivals

Take That cancel Danish show

By | Published on Monday 18 July 2011

Take That

Take That said they were “devastated” this weekend after having to cancel a show in Denmark. Apparently it’s the first show they’ve ever cancelled. Which is pretty good going, if that’s true.

It was all the fault of Robbie Williams’ stomach. The band said in a statement: “On Friday night, Rob suffered serious food poisoning from something he had eaten after the show. He was violently ill all night and well into the morning. At 10am this morning, he decided to relocate to his dressing room at the stadium, in the hope that he could recover and prepare for the show. Doctors visited him twice during the day and despite prescribed medication he was still vomiting at 4pm this afternoon. The doctor insisted that he was not fit to perform tonight”.

Admitting they’d considered going ahead without the Robster, given they are experienced at just that, the band added: “The five of us then had a decision to make: Should we go on with the show without Rob or should we cancel altogether? What would be fairer to our fans? What would people want? It was a very, very difficult decision. In the end we felt that as this tour is about the five of us being back together, and about celebrating that reunion, it would be wrong to go ahead with the show [without Robbie]”.

The group concluded: “We would like to say from the bottom of our hearts that we are truly sorry to all of you who have bought tickets for tonight’s show”.



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