Fontaines D.C. cancel two more North American shows due to vocal injury
nme.comFontaines D.C. have had to cancel two further shows due to frontman Grian Chatten’s vocal injury.The band had been due to kick off their North American tour yesterday (September 20) in Seattle, but pulled out of the opening show, with Chatten revealing he had “come down with some kind of flu” that was impacting his voice.Now, the Dublin group have confirmed that two further shows – in Portland’s Roseland Theater tonight (September 21) and in Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom tomorrow (September 22) – have also been called off for the same reason.Despite the rest and medication, I can now not even speak without pain.
It breaks my heart to have to cancel the show tonight in Portland, and tomorrow in Vancouver, two shows I was really looking forward to.— Fontaines D.C. (@fontainesdublin) September 21, 2024“Despite rest and medication, I can now not even speak without pain,” Chatten wrote on X. “It breaks my heart to have to cancel the show tonight in Portland, and tomorrow in Vancouver, two shows I was really looking forward to.”But there is just no way of making them work.
Please know that I am very grateful to those who bought tickets and very sorry that I can’t play for you. Grian.— Fontaines D.C. (@fontainesdublin) September 21, 2024“But there is just no way of making them work,” he continued. “Please know that I am very grateful to those who bought tickets and very sorry that I can’t play for you.
Grian.”No further information has been shared about the remainder of the tour, which is due to run up until October 20 in Philadelphia.
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