Sunday, April 12, 2009

Halle’s Man Loses His Tour, and His Damn Mind

The flu has forced an early end to Billy Bob Thornton's musical tour of Canada, his publicist said Saturday.

Thornton's publicist says Boxmasters band member, crew, have flu; will rejoin tour on Tuesday.

Thornton's publicist says Boxmasters band member, crew, have flu; will rejoin tour on Tuesday.

The news was reportedly greeted with loud applause at a Friday night show in Montreal after Thornton called Canadian concert-goers "mashed potatoes with no gravy" in a radio interview Wednesday.

The Boxmasters' final Canadian dates -- in Montreal and London, Ontario -- were canceled because "one of the band members and several of the crew have the flu," said Thornton publicist Arnold Robinson.

Thornton's electric hillbilly band will rejoin Willie Nelson's tour when it returns to the United States for a show in Stamford, Connecticut, on Tuesday, after they have "a few days off to recuperate," Robinson said.

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