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Better up that vitamin C intake pronto, and don't skimp on the zinc, neither: there's a bug going around, and it's reducing hardened indie rockers to puddles on the floor. Err... metaphorical puddles on the floor. Because that would be gross.

Take, if you will, the case of Georgie James' John Davis, who-- due to that pesky illness of his-- has been forced to pull the plug on a couple weeks' worth of dates. Consider the nastiness that follows, lifted from their MySpace blog, to be your tonic:

"Basically, I've been sick for the past few weeks and things haven't improved at all. Since it's been four nights in a row onstage of me wondering if I can remain conscious til the end of the set, we decided to just take two weeks off to recover."

Good plan. Now through November 8 in Omaha, all Georgie James appearances anywhere beyond the Robitussin aisle are off (though the shows they've ducked out on, with Le Loup, Aqueduct and others, appear to be going on without them). Dates have yet to be announced for a planned European tour in December, but we're assured it's still on, and the band promises to make up the missed gigs on a U.S. tour next March. Here's hoping you kids don't suffer from hay fever!

Georgie James:

10-26 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
10-27 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
10-29 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
10-30 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
10-31 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
11-01 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
11-03 Portland, OR - Holocene
11-04 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
11-06 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
11-07 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
11-08 Omaha, NE - Slowdown $
11-09 Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge $
11-10 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry $
11-11 Chicago, IL - Schubas $
11-12 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop $
11-13 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live $
11-14 Allston, MA - Great Scott $
11-15 New York, NY - Knitting Factory $*
11-16 Washington, DC - Black Cat $

$ with Aqueduct
* with Travis Morrison Hellfighters