Green Day were forced to cancel their appearance Sunday at the I-Day Festival in Bologna, Italy after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed illness.
“We apologize profusely, this is really unfortunate, but Billie got rushed to the hospital last night due to illness,” said bassist Mike Dirnt in a video posted on the band’s website. “The doctors don’t think it’s a good idea for him to play today. This sucks, we really, really were looking forward to playing in Bologna as the highlight of our tour.”
“We’re beyond devastated, we’re as sad as you guys are,” added drummer Tre Cool. “Billie is extremely upset about it and we’ll see you very soon.”
“We apologize, but we love you guys and we’ll be back as soon as we can,” said Dirnt.
The Bologna date was the final show in a short, two-week blitz through Japan and Europe by Green Day to promote the upcoming release of their new albums, “¡Uno!,” “¡Dos!,” and “¡Tré!”, which will be released on September 25th, November 13th and January 15th, 2013, respectively.
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