Paramore Cancels Tour Dates After Hayley Williams Contracts Lung Infection: ‘I Physically Can’t Go On’
variety.comThania Garcia The remaining dates for Paramore’s North American “This Is Why” tour have been canceled. After delivering a performance in Seattle on the night of Aug.
9, frontwoman Hayley Williams informed fans via social media that the band would no longer go on due to her contracting a lung infection.
The impacted dates are in Portland on Aug. 10 and Salt Lake City on Aug. 13, which would have been the closing date for the trek that kicked off earlier this May.
The band was forced to postpone a handful of other shows in late July, putting a halt to stops in Seattle and Portland, as well as an earlier stop in San Francisco. “After my lung infection forced us to postpone four shows, I was hoping a week off of performing and a strict medicine routine would allow my body to heal enough to finish off this tour strong,” Williams wrote in a statement posted on Paramore’s social media. “I have been doing everything I can to fight this infection so we wouldn’t have to disappoint anyone with more news of postponements and cancellations.
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