Yahoo News Flight of the Conchords postpones UK tour after injury
We have some sad news for Flight of the Conchords fans who were hoping to see the cult musical duo on their upcoming UK tour. You're going to have to wait a bit longer.
A statement uploaded to their official website today (March 18) reads "Due to a hand injury that Bret McKenzie has suffered, Metropolis Music, Live Nation Entertainment, Chambers Touring & Flight of the Conchords regrettably announce the postponement and imminent rescheduling of the Flight of the Conchords Sing Flight of the Conchords tour.
"Bret and Jemaine are extremely sorry and deeply saddened that they cannot perform for their UK fans, who have waited so patiently."
McKenzie himself is quoted as saying "Unfortunately I've broken two bones in my hand today in a very rock 'n' roll injury – falling down some stairs. The doctors have informed me that I won't be able to perform for several weeks.
"I'm sorry not to be able to do these upcoming shows but I'm looking forward to coming back and finishing the tour when I have two fully functioning hands."
People who have already purchased tickets will be contacted in due time about rescheduled dates, and with McKenzie specifically using the words "several weeks", hopefully it won't be too long before we find out when we can see New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.
We don't know yet whether this will affect the hour-long HBO special that is due to air in May, but since it wasn't mentioned in the statement, we could be good on that front.
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