Dedicated Canadian Foo Fighters fans might need to wait a bit to see their favourite band live, with the group cancelling a handful of shows due to Dave Grohl losing his voice.
Over the weekend, the Foo Fighters kicked off the latest North American leg of their current Concrete And Gold world tour. However, after blowing audiences away with a mini-Nirvana reunion on stage, it appears that Dave Grohl found himself in a bad way, discovering he’d lost his voice.
As it turns out, this happened to be the very same night that U2 were forced to cut short their concert in Germany after Bono lost his voice just a handful of songs into their set.
“After opening this leg of the tour September 1 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Dave Grohl suffered a loss of voice and is now on vocal rest,” a statement from the Foo Fighters explained.
“That’s the last time I ever make out with Bono,” added Dave Grohl.
By the looks of it though, the band have only cancelled Tuesday and Thursday’s shows in Canada, so it seems they expect Dave to make a full recovery rather quickly.
While it’s not clear why Dave Grohl lost his voice recently, it seems that Bono’s vocal issues stemmed back to the atmosphere inside the Berlin venue, which was filled with smoke from smoke machines.
The U2 frontman released a statement yesterday afternoon explaining that he’s planning to be back to normal before too long.
“I’ve seen a great doctor and with his care I’ll be back to full voice for the rest of the tour,” explained Bono in a new statement online. “So happy and relieved that anything serious has been ruled out.”
“My relief is tempered by the knowledge that the Berlin audience were so inconvenienced,” he continued. “There was an amazing atmosphere in the house, it was going to be one of those unforgettable nights but not for this reason.”
Whatever the case, let’s just hope this sudden epidemic of vocal issues doesn’t make its way down to Australian shores.
Check out the Foo Fighters’ mini Nirvana reunion:
