Kaiser Chief Nick Baines pulled out of a gig in Brazil last week after being struck down by appendicitis, which isn't very nice at all. The keyboardist, also known as Peanut, had surgery to remove his appendix on Thursday, and stayed behind in South America to recover whilst his bandmates continued on to LA, where they were scheduled to play a concert, and appear on 'The Tonight Show'.
The band explain via their website: "We've made it to LA, but unfortunately we're a man down. We didn't want to make a drama out of it so we kept this quiet until now. Peanut had to have an operation to remove his appendix on Thursday, so he's been in a hospital in Brazil for a few days. The operation was a success, he's okay, and managed to play with us at Planeta Terra in Brazil on Saturday night, but he's unable to fly to the USA until Wednesday. Our concert in LA and TV appearance on 'The Jay Leno Show' will go ahead. We didn't want to let LA down and it's going to be a challenge, but between Roger Lyons (Peanut's tech) and James Hennin (Simon's tech) we'll deputise and make sure the show goes on! It will be our first ever gig missing one of the band".
Baines is planning to rejoin the band for the remaining dates on their tour, starting with tomorrow's set at Chicago Park West on Thursday.