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Artist News
Kings Of Leon “not breaking up”
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 3 August 2011
Kings Of Leon drummer Nathan Followill has denied that the band are on the verge of breaking up, after they cancelled their current US tour.
As previously reported, the band cut short a show in Dallas on Friday after frontman Caleb Followill walked off stage three songs before the show was due to finish, saying: “I’m trying to sing but I haven’t got a voice, I’ve got nothing”.
The band then cancelled a show in Houston the next night and then the whole tour. The official line is that Caleb is “suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion” and that dehydration at the Dallas show caused “his vocal chords to seize”.
However, bassist Jared Followill said via Twitter: “There are problems in our band bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade … There are internal sicknesses and problems that have needed to be addressed”.
Following the cancellation of the tour (and indeed prior to it) rumours began to circulate that the band are on the brink of splitting. But Nathan Followill tweeted yesterday: “Bummed about the tour not happening. So sorry for all the fans. We just need some rest. Thanks for understanding. WE ARE NOT BREAKING UP!”
They are so breaking up. Although they are due to begin touring again in Vancouver, Canada on 28 Sep.
