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Foo Fighters cancels remainder of tour; injured Dave Grohl apologizes to fans

By Karen Butler
Dave Grohl receives medical attention after breaking his leg during a concert in Sweden last weekend. Photo courtesy of the Foo Fighters website
Dave Grohl receives medical attention after breaking his leg during a concert in Sweden last weekend. Photo courtesy of the Foo Fighters website

LOS ANGELES, June 17 (UPI) -- The rock band Foo Fighters has canceled the remaining dates on its U.K. and European concert tour, due to Dave Grohl's recent injuries.

The front man fell from the stage and broke his leg during the group's June 12 show at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. As he recovered from Monday's surgery to repair the damage he sustained, Grohl penned a lengthy blog post recalling what happened and apologizing to fans for the show cancellations.

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"Two songs into our set at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, I made a mad dash to the right of the stage during MONKEY WRENCH to shred some tasty licks for the kids up front. It was a beautiful night, beautiful stadium, 52,000 screaming people....dream gig! Well....wait for it....I definitely shredded something (ZING!) Wound up feet first over the Edge (pun intended), dropping about 12 feet, dislocating my ankle and snapping my fibula like an old pair of take out chopsticks. Whoopsie daisy. Not good. Without realizing the extent of my injuries, I stood up to get back onstage and crumbled like a sack of Joe Theismanns (look it up, kiddies). That shit was B-R-O-K-E," he wrote.

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He then explained how he didn't want to disappoint the audience, so he asked a medic named Johan to accompany him on stage and hold his leg in place, allowing him to go on with the show until a cast arrived and his leg could be better stabilized.

"I couldn't stand the thought of such a perfect night going to waste!" he noted.

As soon as the concert was over, Grohl went to the hospital for X-rays, which confirmed his leg was broken. He later flew to London for the surgery.

"Operation went well. Had a great team and nice stay in hospital. Good curry, too! Thank you to everyone involved. So....here I am, recovering with 6 metal screws in my leg, thinking about a lifetime of holding up TSA lines from here to Kalamazoo....damn," he said. "Here's the not so witty bit.......My doctors have advised me to lay low for a while. ... 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. But for now, I need to make sure we have YEARS of gigs ahead of us.... You have always stood by our band, and we will always stand by you. Like I say at every show, we wouldn't be here if it weren't for you guys. And I mean that. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. And I will do everything I can to come back and give you a night to remember for the rest of your lives AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Until then...my sincerest apologies."

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