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+44 drummer quits tour

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Travis Barker leaves tour due to fractured arm

+44 drummer Travis Barker has been forced to leave the European tour because of an unhealed fractured arm.

The former Blink 182 drummer had been on tour despite a fractured right arm he suffered on September 9 while filming a video.

Barker is set to return to , where he will be treated.

Drummer Gil Sharone has been named as the replacement for Barker.

As previously announced, the band tour the UK next month.

They will play:
London Brixton Academy (February 3)
Nottingham Rock City (4)
Glasgow Academy (5)
Newcastle Academy (7)
Manchester University (8)
Southampton Guildhall (9)


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