White Stripes Cancel Rest of US Tour

The White Stripes are cancelling 18 tour dates that were supposed to start September 13th.

The band announced today that Meg White is suffering from “acute anxiety and is unable to travel at this time”. They added: “The White Stripes sincerely apologize to their fans. We hate to let people down and are very sorry.”

The following 18 shows were supposed to go into October, but none of them have been rescheduled:

Albuquerque Kiva Auditorium (September 13)
Austin City Limits Festival (15)
Austin Stubbs Bar-B-Q (16)
San Diego Coors Ampitheatre (18)
Inglewood Forum (19)
Berkeley Greek Theatre (21)
Anchorage George M Sullivan Sports Arena (24)
Seattle Paramount Ballroom (26/27)
Boise Idaho Center Theater (28)
Salt Lake City E Center (29)
Jackson Hole Snowking Center (30)
Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center (October 2)
Fargo Civic Auditorium (3)
Lincoln Pershing Center Auditorium (4)
Chicago Aragon Ballroom (6/7)
Honolulu Neal S Blaisdell Center (10)

Source: “‘Health issues’ forces White Stripes to scrap US tour” [NME]

Popularity: 12% [?]