Pela’s Tour Cancelled – Billy McCarthy has a great fall.

I just saw that Billy McCarthy of Pela fell off the stage during a performance in Chicago. The show slated for tomorrow night (Mar 4th) at the High Dive has been canceled as well as the rest of the tour due to some severe damage to Billy’s hand. Belows is a video tour-blog from the hospital.

I hope my accidental exclusion of Pela from the Recommended March Shows didn’t somehow cosmically induce this. An excerpt fro Pela’s site continued after the break

We are writing to you as our van heads back to New York. Billy has already returned to New York via plane, and is preparing for surgery.

During last night’s show at Schuba’s in Chicago Billy fell off the stage, landing on a broken pint glass. This happened during the triumphant finale of the set; the stage was crowded with people dancing and singing to ‘Cavalry’, while a strobe light turned their vision into a cut screen movie. His left hand has a gash on the palm, and a deep slice in his pinky finger which also cut tendons.

We regrettably must announce that Schuba’s was the last night of the tour.

We promise to make up each and every show as soon as possible and apologize to everyone who purchased tickets. Arrangements are being made with all of the clubs on how best to handle the situation. We will have more information soon.

Webmaster note: you can send your best wishes to billy@pelamusic.com and I’ll forward them to him. -Pela