Foo Fighters Cancel Murrayfield Show After Singer Dave Grohl Breaks Leg
Rock star Dave Grohl has apologised to fans after his broken leg forced the Foo Fighters to cancel gigs, including next Tuesday's concert at BT Murrayfield.
The US band last night axed all their remaining UK and European dates after the former Nirvana drummer fell off stage during a concert in Sweden last week.
As well as their appearance in Edinburgh on 23rd June, the veteran rock band has scrapped gigs at Glastonbury, Wembley Stadium and Festivalpark Werchter in Belgium on June 25.
In a message posted on the band's website alongside pictures of his X-ray, Grohl, 46, wrote that he had flown to London for surgery.
He had six metal pins inserted in his leg after "dropping about 12 feet, dislocating my ankle and snapping my fibula like an old pair of take-out chopsticks''.
He added: "Here's the not so witty bit ... My doctors have advised me to lay low for a while.
"The most important thing now is for me to recover from the surgery, to keep my leg elevated so as to keep swelling down and prevent any infection/complication that could do long term damage. I'm not out of the woods yet, folks.
"Which means, and it kills me to say it ... the doctors have told us to cancel shows.
"I'm really so sorry, guys. You know I hate to do it, but I'm afraid it's just not physically possible for me at the moment. We're doing our best right now to work out a plan, so bear with us.
"You know we're good for our word."
Grohl also had a message for fellow Glastonbury headliner Kanye West, adding: "PS... Kanye ... Imma let you have this one ... ''
The Foo Fighters frontman played on in Sweden after falling from the stage, with a paramedic in attendance as he played while sitting down with his leg up.
The cancellation of the rest of the tour was announced last night.