Kasabian Released From Quarantine After Swine Flu Scare

It’s pretty hard to go on stage when just one of your members is deathly ill, let alone the lead vocalist. With tours around the world and the quick-spreading H1N1 virus – also known as Swine Flu – musicians are contracting the virus left and right.

Just like Jens Lekman was quarantined after a tour, Kasabian’s vocalist, Tom Meighan, was diagnosed with Swine Flu during the band’s stay in Sidney, Australia. Meighan was rushed to the hospital after his symptoms flared up. He was required to stay in his hotel room for several days and soon enough the rest of the band got dangerously ill as well.

Kasabian‘s guitarist, Sergio Pizzorno, told The Sun:

“We’re all sick as dogs, man. It’s pretty terrible [...] It’s a bit of a virus that we picked up in Japan. It’s so tough. I am confined to my hotel room and I look out and see the Opera House and the harbour and so want to be out there in it all [...] The doctor says it will take a couple of days and we need to stay in our rooms and chill.”

Well, unlike Lekman’s experience, their publicist has confirmed that their sickness wasn’t the Swine Flu after all. The doctors have also recently been given the “all clear” and are out of quarantine but were forced to cancel their Australian shows. They will, however, be well enough to play their shows on Saturday and Sunday in Malaysia.