A MAJOR US band has cancelled all of their UK tour dates including a massive headline festival appearance.
The popular nineties group pulled out of their tour just hours before their first UK show due to “medical issues”, leaving fans devastated.
The American punk rock band, Alkaline Trio, have revealed to fans the sad news that they are unable to continue on their UK tour.
Frontman Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano and Tosh Peterson make up the Chicago originated group.
The trio were all set to perform last night in Birmingham but hours before the show was set to start, the band released a statement on social media.
It read: “We are immensely sorry but we must cancel our dates in England, including tonight’s show in Birmingham, due to medical issues Matt has been suffering from that have worsened.
“He’s gonna be okay but needs to be treated stateside as soon as possible.
“We will be back healthier and stronger!
“Refunds are available at the point of purchase.”
Not only will the band miss their upcoming UK tour dates to return to the States, but they have also been forced to cancel their highly anticipated headline performance at 2000trees Festival.
Frontman Matt went on to share a video to fans from London Heathrow Airport, expressing his gratitude for “all the love and support”.
He added: “You guys deserve a better show than I can throw right now. I got numbness in my feet, numbness in my hands as you can tell I’m losing my voice so I can’t really talk, walk, play or sing. But I’m okay.”
After the news broke fans rushed to the comments, one user said: “Sorry to hear this and get well soon.
“Have flights and accommodation booked for the Manchester gig on Wednesday as no Dublin date. Dang.”
Another added: “Gutted to hear this guys, was so looking forward to seeing you again in London tomorrow, but know this decision wouldn’t have been taken lightly. Get well soon Matt.”
“Me looking at my tickets for London and 2000trees (crying emoji) Get well soon, Matt! Wishing you a speedy recovery fam,” a third added.
“It is what it is. Just a shame cus I was literally about to leave my hotel when I saw the message,” penned a fourth.
The band, whose name derived from Matt Skiba simply flicking through a dictionary to find a cool word to stick in front of the “Trio”, was founded in 1996 and went on to sell over a million albums.
Matt is well known for serving as the co-lead vocalist and guitarist of Blink-182 from 2015 to 2022.
Alkaline Trio are best known for songs like ‘Stupid Kid’ and ‘Private eye’.
The band shot to fame when they released their debut single ‘Sundials’, in 1997.
WASHINGTON — An upcoming celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests back out, partly over the event’s ties to President Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities.
“I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance,” Trump posted on his social media platform Saturday. With a boastful and derisive flourish, he adding that he was thinking of bringing “the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists.’”
The group organizing the June fair on Washington’s National Mall, Freedom 250, confirmed the billing in a statement Saturday, writing, “We are excited to announce that President Trump will personally kick off this historic celebration on Wednesday, June 24.”
Danielle Alvarez, a spokesperson for Freedom 250, said the fair that is officially scheduled from June 25 through July 10 will feature exhibits, family friendly attractions, flyovers and musical performances — by those still remaining on the program.
Trump was dismissive of the acts that backed out, insulting them and suggesting in a follow-up post that the solution is to “Cancel it.”
“We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose music is boring, and yet who do nothing but complain,” he wrote.
Freedom 250 is billed as nonpartisan, but it was launched last year by Trump and is led by a former State Department appointee from the president’s first term. Several artists, including Bret Michaels, the Commodores and Martina McBride dropped out last week.
Michaels and other artists have said that they were misled about the theme of the shows or were otherwise wary of being caught up in a political fight. McBride, in a statement on Instagram, said she had been “presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event but that turned out to be misleading.”
Other artists plan to attend, including Flo Rida, Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice. The latter’s representative previously said that the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper was “proud to help celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary!”
Bedayn and Binkley write for the Associated Press. AP writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
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