Kings of Leon cancel upcoming UK & European dates due to Caleb Followill "freak accident"

28 May 2025, 17:34 | Updated: 28 May 2025, 17:43

Kings Of Leon press — Kings Of Leon have axed their UK & European shows. Picture: Press

By Jenny Mensah

The Nashville rockers have axed their shows in June and July after their frontman broke his leg while playing with his kids.

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Kings Of Leon will no longer be playing their upcoming shows in Europe this summer.

The Nashville indie rockers were set have been forced to axe their upcoming gigs on this side of the pond after their frontman Caleb Followill broke his leg in a "freak accident" while playing with his children.

Taking to the band's official Instagram, the On Call singer announced the news to their fans while wearing a robe at home.

"Hello to everyone," he began. "Especially our European fans who are coming to see us this summer. Unfortunately I regret to inform you that those shows will have to be cancelled due to a freak accident that happened the other day. I broke my foot pretty bad playing with my kids."

The 43-year-old musician went on: "It’s pretty gnarly and I’ll spare all the details. But we’re fortunate enough to have some great doctors here in Nashville that gave me emergency surgery. I’m on the mend, but they told me that I can’t be on my feet, travelling, or anything for the next eight weeks or so. That’s a big bummer."

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The Use Somebody rocker went on to tease that the band had been making new music and they had planned to debut some of their new songs to their European audiences this summer, but they'd have to "pivot" and find another way to use their time while he was recuperating at home.

"We were so excited," he went on we’ve been preparing for this tour for a long time… We’ve been in the studio recording, we have a bunch of new songs, we were going to debut a few of them on this run.

“We had a lot of exciting things planned and now we’re going to have to pivot and find a new way to continue the work that we’ve started.”

He concluded: "I’m very excited for when we do get to show you the stuff we’re doing, and in the meantime we’re going to do whatever work we can while I have these limitations. Exciting stuff is coming, I know this isn’t the message anyone wants to hear. It’s certainly not the message I want to be sending, but it’s going to be alright. Hopefully, we will see y’all soon.”

The band - completed by Caleb's brothers Nathan and Jared Followill and their cousin Matthew - also shared an official statement, which read: "Kings of Leon are updating fans that Caleb Followill has recently sustained a serious injury, shattering his heel and requiring a significant emergency surgery, that will prevent him from travelling and performing.

"The anticipated recovery process is expected to take eight weeks, under strict guidance of expert orthopaedic specialists. The band regrets to report that they will need to cancel all upcoming UK and European festival headline shows in June and July of this year. Caleb took to social media today to detail his injury in a heartfelt apology to all the fans.”