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Friday night, Kings of Leon front man Caleb Followill quit that bitch mid-performance, during a concert in Dallas. Reportedly, he was having a bad night, and he complained of the heat and said he needed to go backstage and get a beer. He never came back, and his bandmates were seriously pissed off. We covered all of that yesterday – including the news that the band’s management was falling all over themselves to reschedule a concert in Dallas for all of the people who were really upset. Then, Monday afternoon, the Kings of Leon announced that they were canceling the rest of their tour. Considering that Jared Followill seemed to be the truth teller after the Dallas debacle (“I know you guys aren’t stupid. I can’t lie. There are problems in our band bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade”) I was hoping that there would be an admission that somebody (cough, cough) was going to rehab. Not so much! Instead, we only get a boilerplate admission of “exhaustion”.
The music has stopped for the Kings of Leon. The popular band have cancelled their entire U.S. tour, they said in a Monday statement: “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…The band is devastated, but in order to give their fans the shows they deserve, they need to take this break. Unfortunately, the US dates cannot be rescheduled due to the band’s international tour schedule.”
The band’s Friday concert in Dallas, Texas ended prematurely and disastrously as lead singer Caleb Followill told fans: “I’m gonna go backstage and I’m gonna vomit, I’m gonna drink a beer and I’m gonna come back out and play three more songs.”
Rolling Stone reports that the singer never returned to the stage, but bassist (and Caleb’s brother) Jared Followill apologized to the crowd. “Caleb’s just a little unfit to play the rest of the show…We love you guys so much, but I know you guys f’ing hate us. I’m so sorry. It’s really not our fault, it’s Caleb. He can’t play the rest of the show. We will be back as soon as possible.”
Although the official statement cites vocal issues and exhaustion, Jared’s Tweets after the Friday show suggested deeper struggles.
“Dallas, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am,” he wrote Saturday. “There are internal sicknesses & problems that have needed to be addressed. No words.”
He added: “I love our fans so much. I know you guys aren’t stupid. I can’t lie. There are problems in our band bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade.”
[From Us Weekly]
“Vocal issues and exhaustion” = Too much drinking, smoking and fornicating? Probably. Granted, they don’t have to come right out and say that the band is trying to force Caleb into rehab, but that is definitely the subtext of this announcement. It also seems like Caleb’s fighting his bandmates on it.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Caleb Followill, Kings of Leon
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Michael K calls them The Delicate Queens of Leon. LMAO
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Is it sad that I don’t really know who these guys are, and that I will be writing them off as a decent band because I read this?
I don’t really have much faith in modern “talent” anyway, but at least the druggies of yesteryear had some semblance of class.
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“Vocal issues and exhaustion”?! Sounds to me like fancy talk for “too much crack and hookers”…
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What really sucks is that his bandmates can’t work unless he pulls his act together. Freakin’ prima donnas.
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So shocking! Not.
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I like a couple of their songs. Hope whatever is going on gets resolved and if someone needs help, they get it.
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Iggy Pop has been dead for 20 years and he’s still performing. Honestly, these modern bands are p*ssies!
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AH!!!!!!!!! EXHAUSTION.. of COURSE ! lindsey blohan can relate !!! there’s prob a little back pain in there too !
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@tapioca: LMAO so true!
and these jerks need to get it together.
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Caleb’s a prima donna with issues. Too bad he’s the lead singer so they can’t replace him. Maybe bands need to learn to have multiple singers in case one of them turn into a pissy diva.
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That’s such a great comment tapioca;i’ve seen kol live and they are okay their live musicianship isn’t what i would call outstanding – I googled Iggy to view some recent photos – he’s looks like a transgendered crazy grandma rockin out in some photos.
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“Exhaustion” aka in the industry, drug and/or alcohol addiction. Personally cant stand this band – his voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
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this clears it all up:
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2011/08/kings_of_leon_pigeon_gate_dallas.php
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@tapioca, LMAO!!! That was hilarious. Iggy is a legend, but he really does look as if he should burst into flames when exposed to sunlight.
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