Paramore Postpones Dates

After Hayley Williams lost her voice at the end of Tuesday’s fall tour kick-off show in Pomona, Calif., Paramore announced the band was postponing five dates so that the singer can take time to recover from laryngitis.

Tonight’s sold-out show at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre will be postponed in addition to all dates through Oct. 9. The tour will resume Oct. 10 with a show at Chicago’s House of Blues, according to a post on the band’s Web site.

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Tickets will be honored at the reschedule dates. If you can’t make the new dates, refunds are available at point of purchase.

The San Francisco show has been rescheduled for Nov. 10.

Denver’s Oct. 4 show at The Fillmore Auditorium will now take place Nov. 8.

Kansas City, Mo.’s Oct. 6 show at the Uptown Theatre has been rescheduled for Nov. 4.

St. Louis, Mo.’s Oct. 7 show at The Pageant will now take place Nov. 3.

Saint Paul, Minn.’s Oct. 9 show at The Roy Wilkins Auditorium has been rescheduled for Nov. 6.

Another show has also been added Nov. 11 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, Calif. That show marks the end of Paramore’s North American headlining tour.

The band then heads for Europe with dates scheduled from a Nov. 29 show at Helsinki Ice Arena in Finland through a Dec. 18 gig at London’s Wembley Arena.
Paramore has already started filling out its 2010 planner with a round of Australian dates lined up Feb. 20 through March. 1.

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Hayley wrote a separate blog post dated Oct. 2, telling fans she appreciated their support and that she can’t wait to get back on tour.

“So, this week I saw one of the best doctors in the country to check on my vocal cords. I knew it wasn’t going to be good but knowing that we were just starting our tour, I was trying to remain positive about it. I’ve got laryngitis and need several days of vox rest. Luckily, we caught it early on. It’s not like I’ve got some impending doom hanging over my head in which every time I play a show I’m going to wonder if it’s the last one… I just have to be smart about this whole thing.

“So – we may have to rework the way I do stuff on the road.. like not only do I need to watch what I eat – but how much I talk at meet and greets and signings and press. I might have to go back to wearing that “I’m on voicerest” button that I used to wear all the time. Ha. Ha. IT SUCKS!!! But I’m doing every thing I can, taking every precaution, to get it right.

“I wanna be on tour, man! All in all, this is the reason for the postponement of the upcoming shows. Just know that we WILL be coming back for you guys! The entire tour is going to happen… and I’m psyched.

“Thank you again for the incredible support that you’ve shown me and the guys. We always say it but seriously… Paramore fans are the best fans. Wanna fight about it?”
  
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