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Vivienne Chow

American rock outfit The Killers have cancelled the Asian leg of their tour, including stops in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo and Seoul, due to 'unforeseen circumstances'. 
The news broke yesterday, only a week after the Las Vegas-based band's guitarist, Dave Keuning,  said that the group would  take a break after playing in Australia next month. 
Last week, Keuning said that after appearing at Australia's Good Vibrations Festival  in February, the band, which has won several NME Awards  and a BRIT Award,  would not be recording or touring for a while because they felt burned out.  
A statement from Live Nation,  organisers of the Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore concerts, said that the band had been forced to cancel its upcoming appearances and deeply apologised to their fans. The band hoped to reschedule shows in those cities soon. 
However, the band, singers of hit single Somebody Told Me,  said on their website that the cancellation of the Asian tour would not affect appearances in Australia scheduled for next month. 
Live Nation said that it had been notified by the band's management only yesterday morning.
The band was to play at the Singapore Indoor Stadium  on January 24, Beijing's Workers' Gymnasium  on January 26, and Hong Kong's AsiaWorld-Expo  on January 26. 
Live Nation said that all the tickets to the Singapore show had been snapped up long ago, and 90 per cent of some 9,000 tickets to the Hong Kong gig had already been sold. 
The organisers said that those who had bought tickets with credit cards would get a refund  within 30 days. In Hong Kong, those who bought tickets with cash would have to bring them to HK Ticketing's  box office at the Convention and Exhibition Centre  from 11am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday, between January 28 and February 26. Ticket holders could ring HK Ticketing  on 3128 8288.



American rock band cancels Asian concerts