Folkster Devandra Banhart likes music okay and everything, but like most of us, his true passion is obviously skateboarding. But alas, not content to exercise that passion vicariously through various Tony Hawk-related media like the rest of us, crazy old “Batshit Banhart” (that’s his skating moniker, I would guess) went out and broke “some bone” in his leg skateboarding, according to his website. According to the post, which seems to have been written by Banhart himself, he’s doing just fine, but his doctors kinda hit the “dislike” button on the idea of him playing the shows from bed. Bummer. He almost would have achieved John Lennon status with that kind of stunt… Oh well. The full post and canceled dates are below.
hey there friends. so your old pal Devendra just broke some bone in his leg skateboarding before the show yesterday. i’m ok thanks but we had to cancel the last few shows of the tour. I am SOOOOOOOOOO sorry to all of you who were planning on seeing us and the Grogs and we will really miss playing for you. i wanted to play the shows anyway like in a bed or something but the dr’s didn’t think that was a great idea. THANK YOU forever for your support, it means the world to us and again, SORRY to all of you.
Cancelled dates:
03.29.10 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
03.30.10 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
• Devendra Banhart: http://www.devendrabanhart.com
[Photo: Lauren Dukoff]
