RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Grinspoon singer Phil Jamieson has had to cancel the PJ Air solo tour of his native Australia after an onstage mishap at a show in Victoria on Friday (Aug. 7) landed the 49-year-old rocker in the emergency room.
“On Friday night I slipped on stage and my spine connected to the drum riser. I was unable to continue with the gig and got an ambulance to Latrobe Hospital,” Jamieson wrote on Instagram about the gig at The Deck Traralgon.
“I spent most of Friday in emergency getting different tests etc and by 4am I was confirmed to have fractured my L1 (lower back guy), with a prescription of bed rest and a long road to recovery. This means, sigh, that the tour is cancelled :(,” he added, noting that venues and ticketing agencies should be reaching out to fans soon about refunds.
“No-one is more bummed about this than me, but I can’t stand up let alone play a gig at the moment,” Jamieson assured his fans in the post that featured some snaps from his hospital bed, as well as a shot of his IV and a gnarly pic of the X-ray showing the fracture. And while he also had to cancel the launch party for his new solo album, 10Charlie , which is due out on Friday (Aug. 14), he assured fans that they would not regret checking out his second full-length solo LP.
“While we won’t be launch partying together anymore…if you feel like wrapping your earholes around It, I would be grateful. Lots of work went into it and I love it,” he said. “Thanks to all who reached out. News travels fast in this game and I appreciate all the well-wishes and kind offers of help.”
Jamieson’s official site has been scrubbed of his tour dates, but an Instagram post from June features the full run of shows that were slated to feature support from Ricky Albeck and Nici Ward, with gigs planned through a Sept. 12 stop at Magnums in Queensland.
Aria-winning rocker Jamieson has fronted the grungy Grinspoon since 1995, releasing eight albums to date with the band, including 2024’s Whatever, Whatever . The group hit the road last year for a 30th anniversary tour.
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