Eagles of Death Metal Cancel Tour Due to Injury

Eagles of Death Metal Cancel Tour Due to Injury

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Last December, Eagles of Death Metal announced rescheduled European tour dates following the tragedy in Paris. Unfortunately, they’ve had to cancel those dates after Jesse Hughes tore a tendon in his finger, according to a post on the band’s Facebook (via NME). They’re planning to reschedule the shows for this summer. See the cancelled dates below. Clarification (2/26 8:32 a.m.): After the last scheduled European date, on March 7, the rest of the world tour is expected to go ahead. 

The band’s post reads:

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. Said Hughes: “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.” EODM will be cancelling the last eight shows of their current European run.

Eagles of Death Metal:

02-27 Treviso, Italy – New Age
02-28 Turin, Italy – 10100
02-29 Rome, Italy – Orion
03-02 Nimes, France – La Paloma
03-03 Barcelona, Spain – Apolo
03-04 Madrid, Spain – Joy Eslava
03-05 Lisbon, Portugal – Coliseum
03-07 Lille, France – Le Splendid

Earlier this month, the band returned to Paris to perform at the Olympia. Watch footage from the show below.

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