The band was set to play Duluth, Minnesota on Tuesday and Winnipeg, Canada on Wednesday but have dropped the gigs so that guitarist Nels Cline can recover from the dreaded childhood disease. The Duluth show has been rescheduled for September 4th, no word yet on when the Winnipeg makeup show will happen.

The band's website staff issued the following statement: We're sorry to report that our good friend and Wilco guitarist extraordinaire Nels Cline has recently contracted a rather nasty case of the CHICKEN POX (not sure that should be in all caps... but judging from the gruesome details in email correspondence we've had with NC, we'll leave it so).

He is slowly on the mend but is not quite there yet, necessitating postponment of the Duluth, Minnesota show scheduled for this Tuesday night. That date will be rescheduled for Tuesday, September 4 and all tickets for the original date will be honored. Refunds will also be available to those of you unable to attend the Sept. 4 show.

The show scheduled for this Wednesday in Winnipeg, Manitoba has also been cancelled, and will be rescheduled for some time in 2008. Refunds will be available at point of purchase. We will post more details as they become avaialble.