The Kooks

ZÜRICH OPENAIR (official)

Hi everyone. We are truly gutted not to be able to play Jersey's Electric Park on Saturday. Late in the afternoon Luke's back seized up to the point he could not walk or stand up. A doctor was called and he was given a injection to try and head off the pain with a view of still trying to perform, but unfortunately the pain just got worse. We toyed with Luke maybe sitting on a stool, but he couldn’t even do this and it became apparent he couldn't perform. We naturally tried to wait until closer to showtime to see if his back would heal enough to play, but unfortunately it didn't. We'd also like to thank the promoter at Electric Park, who was incredibly respectful and understanding and we know the stress it would have been for them. His wife, by chance, is a chiropractor and was concerned Luke may have a slipped disc. We would like to thank her for helping assist Luke and giving him some acupuncture. Luke is seeing a doctor today to get a update as he is still in pain, and we hope it's nothing serious. We appreciate our fans and love you all dearly, and we have always tried to do every show with all of our hearts and efforts but this was impossible to say the least. We will try our best to come back to Jersey and play a show somehow, someway very soon. We are sincerely gutted we couldn’t play on Saturday.

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