Violet Grohl pulled the plug on two UK concerts this week after losing her voice.
The 20-year-old daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl told fans hours before she was due onstage at Manchester’s Band On The Wall on Tuesday (25.08.26) that she wouldn’t be able to perform.
As a result, she has also cancelled her gig at Glasgow’s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut on Wednesday night (26.08.26).
Violet is due to play Reading and Leeds this week.
First up is Leeds on Friday (28.08.26), followed by the sister site up north on Sunday (30.08.26).
In between, she has Ireland’s Electric Picnic on Saturday (29.08.26).
A social media statement read: “Hey everyone, really f****** bummed to have to let yall know I’m canceling tonight and tomorrow’s shows in Manchester and Glasgow.
“I don’t have a voice right now and it pains me to make this decision, but I just can’t perform.”
Violet’s team is working to reschedule the shows as soon as possible.
The gigs are in support of Violet’s debut studio album, Be Sweet To Me, which was released in May.
Her father previously shared that he had no involvement in the making of her debut album, which she recorded with producer Justin Raisen.
He told Radio X: “She made this album with a producer named Justin Raisen, and she did it on her own.
“She met the producer, and they would go to the studio every day and she would send me songs when she was finished. But I had absolutely nothing to do with this record at all.”
The former Nirvana drummer, 57, added that he would have liked to be more hands-on but that Violet preferred to work independently.
The Learn to Fly hitmaker said: “I’m the dad who wants to be there and know everything. And she’s just totally doing her own thing. It’s amazing.”
Grohl also said her approach to the project influenced his own work on Foo Fighters’ recent album Your Favorite Toy.
He noted: “The way that they made that record and the energy of it, I was like, ‘Oh, man. I’ve just been inspired by my daughter’s debut album.’ It’s cool.”
