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Kings Of Leon cancel European tour after ‘freak accident'

Kings Of Leon frontman Caleb Followill has said the band will cancel upcoming European tour shows this summer due to him suffering a 'freak accident'. The singer, who is part of the US rockers with his brothers Nathan and Jared Followill and cousin Matthew Followill, were set to perform in the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, Belgium, and Portugal in June and July. Advertisement The band will still perform at Electric Picnic festival in Co Laois in late August. According to statement from the band, his shattered heel injury is 'serious', and needed 'a significant emergency surgery, that will prevent him from travelling and performing'. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kings Of Leon (@kingsofleon) On Instagram on Wednesday, Followill posted a video to the band's account 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. Advertisement '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.' Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill, Caleb Followill and Jared Followill of The Kings Of Leon. (Ian West/PA) 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.' Advertisement 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.' The Nashville four-piece are best known for the songs Sex On Fire, Use Somebody, and Notion.