Kings of Leon front-man Caleb Followill has spoken to NME about the band's drummer Nathan Followill, who is touring with the band despite suffering from a serious and prevailing kidney infection. Such is the seriousness of Followill's condition that at the band's Manchester gig last week a car was on standby in-case he needed taking to the hospital.
Caleb explains: "He's doing OK. It's a real bad kidney infection that he's had for the past week...he's been in real pain. But the minute he walked on stage, he felt a lot better. The adrenaline of the show got him through it. Our guitar tech has been on stand-by in case Nathan's too ill to finish the tour. Hopefully Nathan will be well enough to finish these British dates."
On the British shows which, from what we hear, have been going down a storm, Caleb continued: "It's unbelievable. The British crowds are so humbling. They sing back every word so it doesn't matter if I get the words wrong! The crowds are so happy to be here. We feel we had a bit to prove because we didn't do Glastonbury much justice when we played there this year."