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Kings of Leon Cancel Summer Shows After Lead Singer’s ‘Freak Accident’

The band announced the news after singer Caleb Followill underwent “emergency surgery.”

European fans who’d hoped to see Kings of Leon perform live this summer will have to wait a little longer. Caleb Followill, the band’s lead singer, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the news that they’d cancelled ten shows scheduled for June and July after he experienced a “freak accident” at home in Nashville. Followill, who later clarified that he had shattered his heel, told followers he injured himself while playing with his two kids, Dixie, 12, and Winston, 6, whom he shares with model Lily Aldridge. “It’s pretty gnarly,” the “Use Somebody” singer, 43, said in the two-minute video. “I’ll spare all the details, but we’re fortunate enough to have some great doctors here in Nashville that gave me emergency surgery.” Though he’s now recovering, the singer says his doctors have advised him to stay off his feet and avoid traveling for the next eight weeks, making performing impossible. Instead, Followill said the family band—which consists of himself, his two brothers Nathan and Jared, and cousin Matt—will spend his recovery time continuing to work on the new music they’d planned to debut in Europe. The band’s next American show, slated for July 18 at MetLife Stadium, is still on.