US indie-rock outfit Car Seat Headrest have announced the cancellation of a handful of American tour dates due to ongoing health issues. The group’s frontman, Will Toledo, took to social media to announce the news late last week.
“After another month of struggling to regain my health, I am currently forced to face the fact that my body lacks the basic levels of functionality necessary to leave the house most days, let alone embark on a tour,” Toledo wrote. As a result, the group have cancelled their appearance at this weekend’s When We Were Young festival, along with a run of shows in California.
Car Seat Headrest forced to cancel more US tour dates:
Re: Our upcoming west coast dates pic.twitter.com/txXukUM3ga
— car seat headrest (@carseatheadrest) October 18, 2022
This isn’t the first time that Car Seat Headrest have been forced to pull out of tour dates this year, with headline shows and festival spots having been affected with some regularity since Toledo contracted COVID in early April. After briefly making his return to the touring circuit later that month, Toledo was forced to miss more dates after an initial diagnosis of what was “most likely stomach flu”.
In early September, Toledo revealed that the illness was in fact “a recurrent case of ‘histamine intolerance'”, described as “a post-covid condition which involves heavy nausea, fatigue, dizziness, and a ‘buzzing’ nervous system”.
Currently, Car Seat Headrest’s website lists no upcoming tour dates, and it’s unclear when or if these recently-cancelled dates will be rescheduled. The group last visited Australia in early 2018 following the release of their Twin Fantasy (Face To Face).
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