Blondie & "New Cars" tour cancelled due to injury

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Blondie & "New Cars" tour cancelled due to injury

The Blondie & "New Cars" tour that started in Robinsville, MS in May stopped abruptly after the June 10th NJ show due to an injury by one of the Cars. As you can see from Blondie's schedule, the last half of the tour is off.

The bands have postponed their summer Road Rage Tour after New Cars guitarist Elliot Easton suffered a broken left clavicle. Easton had surgery Monday after he was injured falling out of his bunk on the band's tour bus. The driver had swerved suddenly to avoid another vehicle. "It was amazing that after the accident Elliot played four more shows in a brace and in constant pain," said Blondie's Debbie Harry said in a statement. "He really tried his best to keep on playing so he should be given a great deal of credit for that. We all wish him a speedy recovery."

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Posted on June 28, 2006 11:43 AM

Comments (7)

Good

Posted by Pat | June 28, 2006 12:02 PM

anyone see blondie recently?
yikes.

Posted by matt | June 28, 2006 12:16 PM

the new cars was a bad idea to begin with.

Posted by cranky | June 28, 2006 12:27 PM

"Good." You're a chump.

Posted by Anonymous | June 28, 2006 12:47 PM

who was driving the bus rick ocasek?

Posted by Anonymous | June 28, 2006 5:28 PM

Would have been better with Ocasek and drummer David Robinson, but the current line-up isn't too bad. Rundgren can handle Ocasek's vocals, but not Orr's. Easton is an underrated guitarist.

Posted by HenryBlake | July 8, 2006 9:02 PM

I saw them last June, they were great.

They have a winter tour planned.

Posted by Dennis | August 27, 2006 8:11 PM