Los Campesinos! have swine flu!
According to their Twitter, Los Campesinos!, aka Welsh outfit that recently announced plans for its third studio album, Romance Is Boring, has reportedly joined the likes of Marilyn Manson and Backstreet Boys’ Brian Litrell as being musicians who have contracted swine flu. It looks like they’ll survive seeing as that they have yet to cancel any upcoming tour dates.
Photo evidence, again via Twitter, below. Upcoming dates after that.
Los Campesinos! 2009/2010 Tour Dates:
10/30 - Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
10/31 - Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
11/07 - Hong Kong @ Cyberport
12/02 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy *
12/03 - London, UK @ Brixton Academy *
12/05 - Doncaster, UK @ Doncaster Dome *
12/06 - Edinburgh, UK @ Corn Exchange *
02/25 - London, UK @ KOKO
* = w/ The Cribs
The violin player is hot.
The number of confirmed swine flu cases continues to rise as 73,000 cases were reported in the UK last week. Swine Flu UK