{"id":1892763,"date":"2026-04-20T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892763"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:30:00","slug":"billy-strings-breaks-leg-in-backstage-skateboarding-accident-during-charlottesville-show-reschedules-tour-dates-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1892763","title":{"rendered":"Billy Strings Breaks Leg in Backstage Skateboarding Accident During Charlottesville Show, Reschedules Tour Dates (UPDATE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tUPDATE<\/em><\/strong>: After the original story published, Billy Strings posted a statement on Instagram revealing that he\u2019s rescheduling his remaining tour dates from April to August.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI had every intention of carrying on with the tour and Dave Grohling it,\u201d he wrote, adding that the Foo Fighters frontman \u2014 who toured back in 2015 after breaking his leg \u2014 had \u201ceven texted me and offered me the throne! I really don\u2019t want to let anybody down, but after some long talks with these doctors, my friends, band and colleagues, my wife etc.. I should probably let this thing heal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tPREVIOUSLY<\/em><\/strong>: Billy Strings was most of the way through a second show at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday night when an offstage incident shut down the show before the Grammy-winning bluegrass star couple play an encore.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Roanoke\u2019s WFIR News<\/em>, the 33-year-old picker broke his leg during the second of two sold-out shows at the arena when he attempted a kick flip on his skateboard backstage and went down in a heap. Strings posted an X-ray of the aftermath in which serious breaks of his tibia and fibula are visible just above the ankle. The singer\/guitarist did not add any additional comment other than the date of the show and a leg emoji.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe also included the show\u2019s setlist, featuring evidence that (per Setlist.fm) Strings did not play the same kind of 5-6 encore set he performed at the venue the previous night. Responding to a \u201cget well soon\u201d comment from the band Thursday, Strings wrote, \u201cunderstanding in a skateboard accident,\u201d appearing to confirm that the accident was skate-related.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere doesn\u2019t appear to be video of the incident,\u00a0though Strings did post a killer pic on Saturday of himself pulling off a sky-high ollie backstage, his board several feet off the ground, as well as another shot in which he\u2019s skateboarding his gear around before that night\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn comments on his X-ray post, Strings jokingly responded to a fan who wrote, \u201cwe all saw this coming with the skating vids,\u201d in reference to the singer\u2019s earlier skating-related clips and avowed love of riding, with the admission, \u201cI know [sighing emoji] y\u2019all were right.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStrings is slated to perform at a sold-out show in Charleston, W.V. at the Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday (April 22), with another three sold out shows on tap at the Fishers Event Center in Fishers, Ind. from April 24-26. He then has a significant break on tap before a taping of Austin City Limits<\/em> on July 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn responses to fans questions about possible show postponements or cancellations in the X-ray post on Monday morning (April 20), Strings wrote, \u201cinfo coming very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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