Billy Talent postpone UK tour dates

Canadian punks Billy Talent have been forced to postpone the first two dates of their UK tour due to illness.

The affected shows are tonight (October 19) in Leeds and tomorrow (October 20) in Nottingham.

"We regret to inform you that the first two UK shows will be postponed due to a band member being ill," said the band in an official statement. "The UK tour will now commence on Wednesday, October 21 at the Sheffield Academy.

"The Leeds and Nottingham shows will be rescheduled for a later date," the added. "Stay tuned for further details. We apologize to our fans and hope to see you again soon."

Billy Talent's UK tour is now as follows:

October
21 Sheffiled, Academy
23 Glasgow, Barrowland
25 Dublin, Olympia
26 Manchester, Academy
27 Birmingham, Academy
29 Southampton, Guildhall
30 Norwich, UEA

November
01 London, Brixton Academy

Tickets are on sale now from www.aloud.com.

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Posted by Dan at 11:23AM | October 19, 2009

At least the others are still on...going on the 29th :D

Posted by S | October 19, 2009 3:22 PM | Reply to this

these guys sukk and they always have and they always will. so does 3 days worth of bowel movements. Nuthing but a bunch of poseurs and I know that for a fact. Don't waste your money on their useless so-called music.

Posted by Crowebar | October 19, 2009 4:43 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Crowebar | October 19, 2009 4:46 PM | Reply to this

Posted by Crowebar | October 19, 2009 4:50 PM | Reply to this

You're a genuine, humongous faggot.

Nothing but a bunch of posers?
they're musicians not models.

You give being alive a bad name.

Posted by Michael. | October 19, 2009 5:15 PM | Reply to this

What an asshole!

Get well soon and cant wait to seem them on the 29th! :)

Posted by . | October 19, 2009 5:22 PM | Reply to this

Seeing them on 21st phew.

Posted by Bucko | October 19, 2009 6:59 PM | Reply to this

Amen to that Michael!

Posted by . | October 19, 2009 6:59 PM | Reply to this

Im 14 and am i the only guy that thinks music has changed over the years. Example Fall out boy there a fucking pop band they cant walk in front of iron maiden & the fact that kings of leon get better reviews and coverage than motorhead or the old bands that paved the way for these dicks is an absolute pisstake.

Posted by Ciaran Morris | October 19, 2009 7:49 PM | Reply to this

These guys talk sense compare these pisstakers to motor head or a band paved the way for these dicks.
And if fall out boy are actually breaking up and its not just something that attention seeking little bastard pete wentz said well i hope its fucking true.

Posted by Ciaran Morris | October 19, 2009 7:54 PM | Reply to this

I was seeing them tomoro, i hope the tickets will still be valid

Posted by clare | October 19, 2009 8:33 PM | Reply to this

i wish thgis band a good uk tour i was lucky enough this be at this year download and belive me i love my metal like trivium ffdp machine head and so forth but this band played a very good show and have some fucking good songs in there set list so to all of this idiots run in there mouths and upseting every 1 else just step back and think how stupid u are . bottom line is to many knobs come on here gob off about bands they dont like . people it is a big market there for lots of diffent types of music we may not all agree just stick to your own bands u love and leave the shit bout other bands in the closet

Posted by rob | October 19, 2009 11:14 PM | Reply to this

you fucking wanker.

Posted by InTheFall. | October 20, 2009 2:59 PM | Reply to this

Saw them in Glasgow at the Barrowlands. They were amazing. No signs of illness on any front. The show was fantastic, the sound was brilliant, the banter was great and I was really impressed with the stage show.

A fantastic band to see live with a back-catalogue full of classic tracks.

Well worth the money if you want to be entertained.

Cancer Bats put on a hell of a show as well, with their cover of Sabotage being a particular highlight of the evening.

Well done to everyone involved and I'm glad that the illness didn't affect the show in Glasgow.

Posted by Dr hero van Wildebeest | October 27, 2009 12:25 PM | Reply to this