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The Kills have announced they will have to postpone their upcoming European tour dates and cancel their upcoming festival slots due to lead singer Alison Mosshart having pneumonia.

In a statement posted to their Facebook, the band expresses its “sadness” at the news, saying that Mosshart, “in an effort to fully recover, cannot travel and take to the stage at this time…Thank you for understanding, Alison and Jamie apologise to everyone who has bought tickets to see them and will be back with you soon.”

The band has canceled their festival appearances at Off, Oya, Way Out West and Flow and have postponed their tour dates in Prague, Leipzig and Copenhagen. They hope to reschedule those dates in the future.