aaamusic | On 24, Sep 2010

The Charlatans have announced that The Verve’s Pete Salisbury will act as stand in drummer for the UK tour whilst Jon Brookes recovers from his operation.

Brookes, who collapsed on stage in Philadelphia last week, is preparing for his operation this week, back in the UK. It is not known how long he will be out of action but it is thought that Salisbury will complete the October UK tour at least:

5^th Hatfield, The Forum
7^th Newcastle, O2 Academy
8^th Edinburgh, HMV Picture House
9^th Dundee, Fat Sam’s Live
11^th Liverpool, O2 Academy
12^th Nottingham, Rock City
14^th Leeds, O2 Academy
15^th Sheffield, O2 Academy
16^th Manchester, Apollo
18^th Oxford, O2 Academy
19^th Bristol, O2 Academy
21^st Norwich, UEA
22^nd London, O2 Academy Brixton
23^rd Birmingham, O2 Academy

The band and Jon want to thank all well wishers for their kind messages of support.

www.thecharlatans.net