The Church Cancel Anniversary Tour

Australian paisley underground pioneers The Church have announced the cancellation of their scheduled Starfish 30th Anniversary shows in the UK this June due to a major injury to their drummer Tim Powles. The band had been due to celebrate 30 years of their most successful album, the classic Starfish featuring their iconic track ‘Under The Milky Way’.

In a statement, the band’s said: “In the last minute of the last song, on the last night of the USA tour last week, our drummer Tim Powles suffered a nasty fall off the front of the stage and fractured his foot. Up until today we had wanted to proceed with the shows with our “miraculous one footed drummer”, but new tests reveal Tim has developed a blood clot in his leg, while awaiting surgery.  The high risk of DVT in this condition means that flying is entirely out of the question. After much deliberation today, we sadly have no choice other than to cancel the upcoming June shows in Germany and the UK - Including the 2nd Annual CHURCH WEEKEND event.  

Nobody is more disappointed by this than the band.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and look forward to making it up to everyone as soon as we can.  

We would like to soften that blow by providing you with a free ticket and meet and greet when we are next in your area.

Once again, we are extremely sorry. We usually roll with the motto of - “the show must go on” … but in this case …sadly it was just not possible.”

 Refunds will be available from your point of purchase. If you have made special arrangements to travel to London for the VIP event that are non-refundable, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 Cancelled dates:

Sat 8th/Sun 9th June - ‘Of Seance and Starfish’ - The Church Weekend, Bush Hall, London

Mon 10th June - Manchester Club Academy

Tues 11th June - La Belle Angele, Edinburgh