10 Craziest Reasons Musicians Cancelled Gigs
3. A Potato Nearly Killed East 17's Brian Harvey
In May of 2005, Brian Harvey, lead singer of East 17, was nearly killed in a car accident, which screwed up half a year's worth of concert dates for the band. While you might be thinking that a car wreck isn't a strange excuse and that it's actually a good one, you're right.
A car wreck is a good reason to cancel a gig, but the reason for his accident is the strange part of the story. According to Harvey, "I’d been stuffing my face with jacket potatoes. They were big. I put cheese on, then tuna mayonnaise and I ate the lot."
Because of this, he was feeling a bit unwell, which is reasonable given he was eating what he called "jacket potatoes" like they were going out of style. As he was feeling sick, he headed over to a friend's house around one in the morning when he pulled over so he could puke on the side of the road.
Things didn't go according to plan...
"Instead of putting my foot on the brake, I hit the accelerator, and it flew back. It must have hit four or five parked cars and thrown me out of the car."
He was then thrown under the car, which ran over him and crushed his pelvis. He required six months of physical therapy before he could even walk properly again.