--- description: Lead singer Chad Kroeger needs surgery title: Nickelback Cancels Rest of North American Tour image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e7d1f569b257edf/69877fb1cd1bba72b86f5439/nickeback.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Nickelback Cancels Rest of North American Tour for Singer's Surgery by [Dana Rose Falcone/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dana Rose Falcone/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 12:13 PM CUT  Chad Kroeger of Nickelback performs on stage during a concert in the Rock in Rio Festival in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. Chad Kroeger of Nickelback performs on stage during a concert in the Rock in Rio Festival in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.Buda Mendes—Getty Images by [Dana Rose Falcone/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dana Rose Falcone/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 12:13 PM CUT Nickelback, who canceled shows over the weekend, have officially scrapped the remainder of their No Fixed Address North American tour.[ Lead vocalist Chad Kroeger](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/10/13/chad-kroeger-nickelback "undefined") will undergo surgery for an operable cyst on his voice box during the time the tour was scheduled to take place. “I am sorry I have to interrupt the party this summer,” Kroeger said in a statement, “and I am definitely not thrilled with the prospect of being silent for many weeks to come when I could be out there playing for our fans.” Kroeger’s doctors ordered vocal rest for the singer and expect him to make a full recovery in time for[ Nickelback ](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/21/australian-police-warn-citizens-about-nickelback-concert-social-media "undefined")to resume the European leg of their tour on Sept. 30\. Fans with tickets to the canceled shows will receive refunds. The band also released a video on Twitter announcing the news. > [](https://twitter.com/Nickelback/status/613394166236643328) This [article](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/23/nickelback-cancels-remainder-north-american-tour "undefined") originally appeared on [EW.com](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3933570/nickelback-cancel-tour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3933570/nickelback-cancel-tour/"},"headline":"Nickelback Cancels Rest of North American Tour for Singer's Surgery","datePublished":"2015-06-24T12:13:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:28:43.692Z","description":"Lead singer Chad Kroeger needs surgery","url":"https://time.com/3933570/nickelback-cancel-tour/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e7d1f569b257edf/69877fb1cd1bba72b86f5439/nickeback.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dana Rose Falcone/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e7d1f569b257edf/69877fb1cd1bba72b86f5439/nickeback.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nickelback","caption":"Chad Kroeger of Nickelback performs on stage during a concert in the Rock in Rio Festival in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.","creditText":"Buda Mendes—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3933570/nickelback-cancel-tour/","name":"Nickelback Cancels Rest of North American Tour for Singer's Surgery"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Power of Taylor Swift","description":"One day after Taylor Swift publicly blasted Apple Music for not paying artists during the service’s free, three-month trial period, Apple reversed its position","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mUgZx3qP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T20:13:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mUgZx3qP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3933570/nickelback-cancel-tour/","duration":"PT2M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3933570/nickelback-cancel-tour/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```