First day of Lytham Festival cancelled as Kings of Leon pull out of shows due to 'freak accident'
The first day of Lytham Festival has been cancelled after headline act Kings of Leon were forced to pull out of their performance due to a "freak accident".
The US rockers were set to perform at the Lancashire event on 2 July, opening the annual summer festival.
But frontman Caleb Followill, who performs alongside his brothers Nathan and Jared and cousin Matthew, has suffered a "serious" heel injury, shattering the bone, and will needed "a significant emergency surgery" preventing him from travelling and performing.
Posting on the band's account Instagram on Wednesday 28 May, Followill appeared in a video saying: 'Unfortunately, I regret to inform you that those (European) shows will have to be cancelled due to a freak accident that happened the other day, broke my foot pretty bad, just playing with my kids, it's pretty gnarly, I'll spare (you) all the details.
'But we're fortunate enough to have some great doctors here in Nashville that gave me emergency surgery, and I'm on the mend, but they've told me that I can't be on my feet or travelling or anything for the next eight weeks or so.
'And that's a big bummer, man, we were so excited, we've been preparing for this tour for a long time.
'We've been preparing for a lot of things we've been in the studio recording, we have a bunch of new songs, we were going to debut a few of them on this run, we had a lot of exciting things planned, and now we're just going to have to pivot.'
He added he was 'very excited' to share the new music, and added that in the 'meantime, we're going to do whatever work we can while my while I have these limitations'.
Before ending the video showing his foot, Followill said: 'Everything's going to be good and and hopefully we'll see y'all soon. Wish us luck.'
Lytham Festival say that it has not been possible to find a replacement act so have had to cancel the first day, meaning the festival will now run from 3-6 July instead.
'Due to the cancellation of the Kings of Leon dates in June and July, we are sad to announce that they will no longer be performing at Lytham Festival on Wednesday 2nd July," the festival said.
'We wish Caleb a speedy recovery. Having explored all possibilities for a replacement act, it has not been possible at this late stage and therefore Lytham Festival 2025 will now run for four days from the 3rd – 6th July 2025.'
The band said: 'The anticipated recovery process is expected to take eight weeks, under strict guidance of expert orthopaedic specialists.
"The band regrets to report that they will need to cancel all upcoming UK and European festival headline shows in June and July of this year.'
Lytham Festival - and Blackweir Fields in Wales where they were also due to perform - both said they would refund customers who had paid to see the group.
Blackweir said it was 'sad' the show on 29 June was cancelled.
The Nashville four-piece are best known for the songs Sex On Fire, Use Somebody, and Notion.
The tour, in promotion of their ninth studio album Can We Please Have Fun, will also miss out on shows in Spain, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, Belgium, and Portugal in June and July.
Kings Of Leon are next due to be in the UK at Victorious Festival in Newcastle, and Portsmouth in August, following the band performing at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey towards the end of July.
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