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We are all obviously big fans of Silverchair here at Web Wombat. Love them or hate them, they certainly know how to pen a catchy tune. After
their last album release in America ("Diorama"), well, bombed like a US
Airstrike thanks largely to the fact Johns was unable to tour due to
arthritis. Well, with their comeback album "Young Modern" doing
fantastic business in Australia, it was only natural that the boys
would attempt to crack the US market once more. Unfortunatley, the Gods weren't on Johns' side yet again! In a performance on the high rating Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(a launching pad for any musical artist) Johns opted to carry on with a
severe case of...No Voice! The performance has lead to the postponement
of the US tour indefinitely. A press statement issued today,
spokesmen said that "Silverchair has postponed four shows on their
current U.S. Tour to allow singer, Daniel Johns to recover fully from a
case of laryngitis."
Daniel caught the common viral infection of
the throat earlier this week after flying Sydney/Los
Angeles/Toronto/New York/Los Angeles over just four days. It was this
which severely impeded his vocal performance on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Tuesday.
While
his Doctor had initially been hopeful that Daniel's laryngitis would
clear up "in a day or two", he has since advised that the Silverchair
frontman should "avoid singing for 4 to 6 days" in order to be
guaranteed of making a full recovery. The Doctor also advised that
singing during this time could risk permanent damage to Daniel's voice
so the band has no choice but to reschedule these four important shows
and to sincerely apologize to those who will be inconvenienced by this
change of plans.
The San Diego, Anaheim, Los Angeles and San
Francisco gigs will now take place in mid-November at the same venues.
New dates are as follows:
Anaheim - House Of Blues - Rescheduled
for Wednesday November 14 San Diego - House Of Blues - Rescheduled for
Friday November 16 San Francisco - - The Independent - Rescheduled for
Sunday November 18 Los Angeles - The Wiltern - Rescheduled for Tuesday
November 20
Patrons holding tickets for the original dates
simply need to retain them and use them to gain admission to the
rescheduled dates. Otherwise they can seek refunds from their place of
purchase.
Dates for the rest of Silverchair's Young Modern World
Tour are not expected to be affected in any way by this temporary
throat infection. For those who missed the performance, which
Johns would most likely want to forget (not in this YouTube day and age
Dan!!), here it is! Personally, we think he did damn well under the
circumstances - if only Jay had helped the boy out and at least let the
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