They Might Be Giants singer-guitarist John Flansburgh was seriously injured in a car crash this week while being driven home from the alternative rock band's first gig on a pandemic-delayed tour, prompting the postponement of shows at least until late August.
Meanwhile, the driver of the car that police said instigated the wreck was awaiting arraignment Friday after being arrested on drunken driving and other charges.
The collision happened early Thursday in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood.
Writing from a hospital bed, Flansburgh told fans he was taking a car service home from Wednesday's show at Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom when the car was T-boned, flipped onto its side, and started smelling of motor oil and smoke.
According to police, the driver who was arrested ran a red light, jumped a curb and plowed into the gate of a housing complex, hitting two cars along the way.
It's not immediately clear whether the 26-year-old driver has an attorney who can comment on the charges, and no telephone number could immediately be found for his Bronx home.
Everyone in all three cars were taken to hospitals, police said. Flansburgh, 62, wrote that he suffered seven broken ribs, some of them fractured in multiple places.
Formed in the early 1980s by Flansburgh and John Linnell, They Might Be Giants rose to fame with clever, catchy songs and a not-afraid-to-be-geeky persona. Known for tunes including 바카라Birdhouse in Your Soul바카라, 바카라Boss Of Me바카라 and a version of the quirky 1953 tune 바카라Istanbul (Not Constantinople)바카라, the duo went platinum with the 1990 album 바카라Flood바카라. The new tour is a belated celebration of the disc's 30th anniversary.
바카라It was so wonderful to finally be back up on stage and playing for all of you again," Linnell wrote to fans in a message announcing that the remaining June dates are postponed. The band hopes to resume the tour Aug. 30 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, he said.
Flansburgh wrote that even as he sat in a CT scanner shortly after the accident, he was thinking about how to get back on the road.
바카라Someday we will rock again 바카라 and for me, that day couldn't come soon enough,바카라 he wrote. But for now, "I will be watching reruns of Sex in the City' until I am strong enough to reach the remote.
바카라Wish me luck,바카라 he added. 바카라I'm going to need it.바카라
[With Inputs From PTI 바카라 AP]
