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Kings of Leon cancel US tour
Aug 2, 2011, 10:34 GMT
Los Angeles - The rock group Kings of Leon cancelled their US tour Monday, days after an embarrassing on-stage meltdown in which frontman Caleb Followill walked out in the middle of a Dallas concert.
'We are so sorry to say Kings of Leon are canceling their entire US tour due to Caleb Followill suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion,' read a statement from the band's publicist. 'The band is devastated, but in order to give their fans the shows they deserve, they need to take this break.'
The statement said that the band would resume touring in late September in Canada before travelling as scheduled for dates in South Africa and Australia.
With hits such as Sex on Fire and Use Somebody, Kings of Leon are one of the most successful bands to come out of the US rock scene in recent years.
Followill abruptly left the stage on Friday in Dallas, complaining that it was too hot to perform after telling fans that his voice was '100-per-cent gone.'
'I'm going to go backstage, and I'm going to vomit, I'm going to drink a beer, and I'm going to come back out and play three more songs,' Followill told the crowd, leaving fans to wait in vain as he never returned.
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