- Posted by: Erin
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- Aug 01, 2011
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- One Smack Talker
Caleb Followill has caused some major pandemonium in the great state of Texas recently!
Kings of Leon, who was playing a set in Dallas Friday, abruptly stopped their show after lead singer Caleb Followill gave a quick and abrasive rant about the heat, reports NY Daily News.
Followill told the Gexa Energy Pavilions’ audience (dealing with the exact same weather in the 90s), “My voice is completely 100-percent wrong, I’m sorry,” adding, ”I’m about to fall down here because I’m so G** damn hot.”
Followill told the crowd, “I’m gonna go backstage for a second. I’m gonna vomit, I’m gonna drink a beer and I’m gonna come back out here and I’m gonna play three more songs.”
Well that never happened.
After noticing their singer wasn’t coming back out, Jared Followill (guitarist and brother to Caleb), attempted to apologize to the stunned crowd by saying, “”I know you guys f**king hate us. It’s really not our fault. We will be back as soon as possible. F**king hate Caleb, not us.”
After the incident Jared issued another apology via Twitter, alluding to a deeper problem the band may be having, one that doesn’t include Caleb’s intolerance to heat.
His tweet read, “I know you guys aren’t stupid, I can’t lie. There are problems in our band bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade.”
The band ended up canceling Saturday’s scheduled gig at the Woodlands Pavilion in Houston, but has rescheduled it for a September 22 show. They will also play Dallas again on September 21.
TMZ reports that tickets for the previous show will be honored, as well as refunds for fans that will not be able to make the new dates.
UPDATE: The band stated Monday afternoon that they are canceling the rest of their tour in the US. Their rep issued a statement saying, ”We are so sorry to say Kings of Leon are canceling their entire US tour due to Caleb Followill suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion.” Tickets will be refunded, and the band will resume their tour in Canada on September 28, 2011.
What a douchebag. Sounds like another version of Axl Rose.