The Fratellis Pull Out of Falkirk Show Amid Promoter Dispute

By Newsdesk

Scottish rock band The Fratellis have called off their upcoming Falkirk performance just days before the event.

The Chelsea Dagger group had been scheduled to appear at Helix Park on Friday (04.09.26), but a disagreement involving the promoters caused the show to be cancelled shortly before it was due to take place.

The group announced: “It is with regret that The Fratellis forthcoming performance at Helix Park, Falkirk on Friday 4th September has now been cancelled.

“Unfortunately the promoters have been unable to fulfill their commitments to the band to perform and they have had to therefore take the decision not to appear at the event.”

Back in February, The Fratellis also had to postpone their tour marking two decades since their 2006 debut record Costello Music because of frontman Jon Fratelli's "ongoing health issues".

An Instagram message shared during that period stated: "We are really sad to announce that our Costello Music 20th anniversary tour has been postponed.

"Unfortunately, Jon is unable to perform right now due to ongoing health issues. With the tour so close, it breaks our musical hearts to take this decision but in light of medical advice that Jon takes time to recover it’s the only sensible option."

The musicians then recalled dealing with an even more severe health problem earlier in their journey, which could have brought their career to an end, although they "refused to accept" that outcome.

They continued: "Not long after The Fratellis were born (end of 2004/beginning of 2005 depending on who you argue with) we were faced with a far more serious medical obstacle that should have ended our dream there and then.

"The thing is we just point-blank f****** refused to accept that we couldn’t do what we’d set out to do. Taking no for an answer was no answer at all. We had stuff to do. We were going where we were going. End of.

"With a wee bit of time we’ll do now what we did then … whatever it takes to get back onstage as quickly as possible, playing music for anyone who loves our thing as much as we do."