.

Chickenfoot Member Seriously Injured


07/01/2009
.
(antiMusic) Chickenfoot, the new supergroup featuring Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Joe Satriani, were forced to cancel Wednesday night's concert after one of the member of group suffered a serious injury on stage during Monday night's concert in Paris.

Here is the statement the band issued: "We are sorry to inform our Spanish fans that Chickenfoot cannot perform tomorrow night in Madrid due to a serious injury to drummer Chad Smith. "

"Chad was performing on stage last night in Paris and during the show he hurt his right arm badly. He has torn his small bicep and cannot play the show Wednesday, July 1st. The band is very sorry they cannot play for their Spanish fans this week and plan to return as soon as possible.

No word yet if the band will play the other concerts scheduled this week including The Montreux Jazz Festival on July 4th. The band has European dates schedule through mid July and will kick off their North American tour on August 2nd.

August
2 Citadel Hill Halifax, NS
4 Sound Academy Toronto, ON
5 Riverplex Amphitheatre Pittsburgh, PA
7 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
8 The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
10 Myth St. Paul, MN
11 Uptown Theatre Kansas City, MO
13 Fifth Third Ballpark Comstock Park, MI
15 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland, OH
17 Beacon Theatre New York, NY
18 Lyric Opera House Baltimore, MD
20 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
21 Borgata Spa & Resort, Music Box Atlantic City, NJ
23 Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom Hampton Beach, NH
24 Bank Of America Pavilion Boston, MA
26 Ntelos Pavilion Portsmouth, VA
27 The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory Charlotte, NC
29 House of Blues, Myrtle Beach N. Myrtle Beach, SC
30 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA

September
5 Harveys Resort Hotel and Casino Lake Tahoe, NV
12 Rock Jam (Festival) Grand Junction, CO
14 Brady Theater Tulsa, OK
16 Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, TX
17 Concrete Street Pavilion Corpus Christi, TX
21 Nokia Theatre Grand Prarie, TX
23 Dodge Theatre Phoenix, AZ
25 Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA
26 Harrah's Rincon Open Sky Theater Valley Center, CA
27 Gibson Amphitheater Universal City, CA



Click here to read today's full Day in Rock report

Preview and Purchase Chickenfoot CDs



Chickenfoot MP3 Downloads