It's A Hard Knock Life For Rock Stars
Filed under: Music Minute
Being a rockstar must be very dangerous business because members from both My Morning Jacket and Linkin Park have been recently injured, causing show and tour cancellations.
At a show Tuesday night at the University of Iowa, Morning Jacket singer-guitarist Jim James slipped and fell, hitting his head. After only 30 minutes, the show had to be canceled.
James was treated at a local hospital and released that night.
Not to be outdone, Linkin Park has had to cancel the Chinese leg of their tour because lead singer Chester Bennington has contracted a mysterious back injury.
The concerts were intended to raise money for victims of May's fatal earthquake in China's Sichuan province. Though the concerts are off, the band still plans on keeping their word and donating to the province's reconstruction, with their promoter in China and World Bank helping out.
It's dangerous up there on stage!
[Images via AP Images.]
takes me back to my glory days when i dislocated my kneecap rehearsing for senior airband…………..iwannarock!!
FIRST!!!!!! yea baby.
shit guess not!!!! congrates mamajud!
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not Chaz!
love him.
and he's always getting hurt/sick on tour.
yeah chester's always sick…
he prob threw out his back having crazy sex with his playboy wife.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVEEE Chester Bennington!
And he always hurts himself, this is true.
He broke his ARM in Australia during a show, and continued performing!
My Morning Jacket…that band is the bomb baby. Check out Evil Urges… that song is the shit.
I have a friend at a rehab in Southern California who said Chester Bennington is in rehab with her… At least, he was… A few weeks ago. Hm.
aww when isnt chester getting hurt? hope he gets better soon.. i still love mike shinoda though =D
GET WELL CHAZZY!! XOXOXO
really? how to you "contract" an injury?
Chester injured again! I wish you get well very soon.love LP!
It sucks that the Taipei, Taiwan concert was cancelled as well, and the media is just saying the 'Chinese leg' tours are cancelled.
As if Taiwan isn't even a country!
p.s. the last Linkin Park concert that was held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2007 was the second largest Linkin Park concert ever…..in history.
Rock stars my ass.bunch of noise making pussies
I didn't know Orlando Bloom was a rocker. Seriously, him and Chester look like twins!!!