After postponing and rescheduling a number of West Coast dates on their current tour last week due to “illness” within their camp, Paramore’s Hayley Williams has provided an update.
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Addressing Paramore's recent rescheduling of tour dates, singer Hayley Williams explained her rough week via Instagram Stories saying, "Nobody would know this but I started getting sick in Houston (non contagious) and muscled my way all the way through LA. Adrenaline is a wonder! But by the time the excitement and the nerves from all the LA shenanigans wore off, my body just gave out.” Putting to rest any rumors that may have been circulating, Hayley also added, "For the record, we did not have food poisoning or a band-wide s*** fest."
“Touring is different at 34 than it was at 16, when leaving home felt like the greatest escape,” she continued. “At this age, I have my own home life, a community, a dog, my sisters and the rest of my family who are getting older… Alf and I go on neighborhood walks with my elderly neighbor and her dog. It’s quite a lot to leave behind.”
Hayley adds, “But then, we get on stage for 2 hours and I see the world through this joyous, hopeful and wide-open lens. It’s a view I simply cannot get from home. And it’s very healing — especially as obsessed and addicted to the daily doom-scroll of local, national, and global news as I am.” However, she admits this tour, “has done my heart a lot of good. I couldn’t be more grateful for the faces I see the first few seconds after we walk onstage during the intro. Those people revive me, nightly.”
The band was officially back in action for their tour stops in Tulsa and St. Louis over the weekend, "after a week of misery, sadness, and bellyfuls of antibiotics and steroids," Williams said, relieving fans' fears of any additional delays, while also apologizing for “the disappointment and frustration" she may have caused.
Paramore's next scheduled shows with openers FOALS and The Linda Lindas are on Wednesday, August 2 in St. Paul, MN followed by their makeup dates on August 7th in San Fransisco, Seattle on August 9th, and Portland and Salt Lake City on the 10th and 13th respectively.
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