A 2000s rock band has scrapped its tour dates celebrating a special anniversary.<\/p>\n
The Fratellis, a Scottish indie rock group known for hits like \u201cChelsea Dagger\u201d and \u201cHenrietta,\u201d planned to mark two decades since their 2006 debut album \u201cCostello Music.\u201d More than a dozen concerts across the UK were already sold out in February and March, but they are now being postponed due to \u201cillness in the band.\u201d<\/p>\n
New show dates have not been announced, but promoters said tickets purchased for the original dates would be valid for the rescheduled shows. Details about potential refunds were not immediately announced.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the band said lead singer-guitarist Jon Fratelli, whose real name is John Lawler, is \u201cunable to perform right now due to ongoing health issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the tour so close it breaks our musical hearts to take this decision but in light of medical advice that Jon takes time to recover it\u2019s the only sensible option,\u201d The Fratellis said.<\/p>\n
The Glasgow rockers said they previously faced \u201ca far more serious medical obstacle that should have ended our dream there & then\u201d shortly after forming at the end of 2004. They didn\u2019t elaborate on what health problems they faced then or currently.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith a wee bit of time we\u2019ll do now what we did then… whatever it takes to get back onstage as quickly as possible, playing music for anyone who loves our thing as much as we do,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe were blown away by the reaction to this tour and can only promise that we are as disappointed as you at having to wait a little longer to celebrate Costello Music\u2019s 20th Birthday. We\u2019ll do everything possible to announce the new dates ASAP… We love you all.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Fratellis are still scheduled to play all summer shows, including festivals in England, Scotland and Wales. Their next performance will tentatively be May 2 at the MacMoray Easter Festival in Elgin, Moray.<\/p>\n
The band, named after the villainous family in \u201cThe Goonies<\/a>,\u201d is best known for its 2006 debut album, \u201cCostello Music,\u201d which went to No. 2 in the UK and No. 48 in the U.S. They toured in North America with The Police<\/a>, won Best British Breakthrough Act at the 2007 BRIT Awards, and had music featured in movies and TV shows like \u201cPitch Perfect,\u201d \u201cOne Tree Hill,\u201d \u201cHot Fuzz,\u201d \u201cCommunity,\u201d \u201cGossip Girl,\u201d \u201cShe\u2019s Out Of My League,\u201d \u201c90210\u2033 and \u201dChuck.”<\/p>\n The Fratellis songs like \u201cHenrietta,\u201d \u201cChelsea Dagger,\u201d \u201cFlathead,\u201d \u201cWhistle for the Choir\u201d and 2013\u2019s \u201cShe\u2019s Not Gone Yet But She\u2019s Leaving\u201d remain popular today with more than 800 million combined streams on Spotify. The alternative rock group released its sixth album in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 2000s rock band has scrapped its tour dates celebrating a special anniversary. The Fratellis, a Scottish indie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,29993,216],"class_list":["post-448506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-live-music","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}