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"He's sick, but he'll be okay." Hold Steady keyboardist Franz Nicolay writes of his laid-up bandmate Tad Kubler in the latest  Franznews e-missive. Reassuring news for fans and well-wishers of the rock'n'rollers, for sure, but it comes with an unfortunate caveat: Tad's bout with pancreatitis will keep the band from all of their European dates this month, not just the UK cancellations we mentioned earlier this week. There seems to be a scramble to reschedule as much of the tour as possible, as the Hold Steady have thrown quite a few new UK dates onto their itinerary in early December.

In any case, get better, dude.

The band's North American plans with the Drive-By Truckers are-- cross those fingers with me now-- still on for the moment. But, with a newly free weekend ahead of him, Nicolay's gonna be spending his Saturday (October 4) at the Goldenrod Campground at the Floyd Bennety Field in Brooklyn, doing a show at something called the "Second Annual Punk-y Camping Trip & Acoustic Show". He promises a few anti-CMJ solo sets later this month, performances in Crimea, and at least one show with Star Fucking Hipsters, but those details are on the way.

The Hold Steady's updated itinerary is available after the jump.



The Hold Steady:

10-04 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms
10-05 Nottingham, England - Rock City
10-06 Portsmouth, England - Pyramids
10-08 London, England - Roundhouse
10-09 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
10-11 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
10-12 Cologne, Germany - Luxor
10-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
10-15 Oslo, Norway - Rockerfeller
10-16 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Slussen
10-17 Goteborg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
10-19 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
10-20 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
10-21 Vienna, Austria - WUK
10-22 Munich, Germany - Ampere
10-30 Louisville, KY - Coyote's at City Block *
10-31 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *
11-01 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle *
11-02 Tallahassee, FL - The Moon *
11-03 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre *
11-05 State College, PA - The State Theatre *
11-06 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
11-07 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
11-08 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
11-09 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre *
11-11 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre *
11-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Music Hall *
11-13 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird *
11-14 Chicago, IL - Riviera *
11-15 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
11-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
11-19 Boise, ID - The Big Easy *
11-20 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
11-21 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
11-22 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
11-23 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
11-24 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
11-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
12-07 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
12-08 Oxford, England - Academy
12-09 Nottingham, England - Rock City
12-10 Manchester, England - Academy
12-12 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms
12-14 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
12-15 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall
12-16 Den Bosch, Netherlands - Brabanthallen ^
12-20 Dublin, Ireland - The O2 ^
12-21 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Odyssey Arena ^

* with Drive-By Truckers
^ with Counting Crows, Melee