After Paramore postponed several shows for the This Is Why Tour, the band canceled all remaining concerts due to frontwoman Haley Williams battling a lung infection. Paramore’s next shows were set for August 10 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland and August 13 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.
Williams shared the unfortunate news on her Instagram story on August 10. “Hey everybody, we just got off stage in Seattle. After speaking with our team and my doc, I know that trying to finish this tour is now going to come at a detriment to my health,” Williams stated.
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“My lungs are just not healing quickly enough to keep up. It got a little scary tonight,” Williams added. “I’m so sorry for all the chaos this has caused some of you. I really tried to kick this s–t. Love you all.”
Paramore then posted an official statement to their Instagram account. “After struggling through the last few shows and consulting with my doctor, we’re unfortunately realizing that it’s past the point of wanting to push through to put on a good show for all of you,” the statement partly reads.
Williams previously struck back against haters online in an Instagram story posted last week.
“Internet bros have been pressed by my proximity to rock music and all its subgenres since 2005. I have a lung infection you soft s—! Not a broken limb…,” Williams wrote. “One you can sing with for 2 hours, another you cant. But worry not! The shows weren’t canceled, merely postponed a week. Maybe you should come out to one of them… like Dave did.” Williams refers to Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl at the end of her caption.
As it now turns out, one of the final concerts from Paramore’s This Is Why Tour was just a few days ago in San Francisco, where Paramore invited NBA superstar Steph Curry onstage for a rendition of “Misery Business.”
“So look, you know us and Steph, we go back a few years. And tonight is our reunion… Tonight we’re going to sing something together,” Williams told her crowd. “Listen, from the moment Steph takes the mic, this is no longer a Paramore show, this is a Steph Curry show.” Curry then performed his heart out, singing the lyrics, I watched his wildest dreams come true / Not one of them involving you.
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