Billy’s surgery went well yesterday and he is home resting. His tendon is reconnected and he was able to move his finger. Now he has one month in a cast, then rehabilitation. We will periodically keep you up to date on how he is healing.For those of you that did not get a chance to hear the KEXP interview we have posted it here.Thank you to everyone that has written to Billy and the band, it means everything to us.

Billy will be interviewed by John Richards on KEXP today at 8am pacific time (11am eastern time). You can listen online at kexp.org and on air if you are lucky enough to get KEXP on your radio waves.Billy was asked to share his thoughts about the tour, his injury, and anything else that comes to mind - for everyone that bought tickets to see us on this tour.We apologize for the last minute post, but we just found out.Pela

We are writing to you as our van heads back to New York. Billy has already returned to New York via plane, and is preparing for surgery.During last night’s show at Schuba’s in Chicago Billy fell off the stage, landing on a broken pint glass. This happened during the triumphant finale of the set; the stage was crowded with people dancing and singing to ‘Cavalry’, while a strobe light turned their vision into a cut screen movie. His left hand has a gash on the palm, and a deep slice in his pinky finger which also cut tendons.We regrettably must announce that Schuba’s was the last night of the tour.We promise to make up each and every show as soon as possible and apologize to everyone who purchased tickets. Arrangements are being made with all of the clubs on how best to handle the situation. We will have more information soon.Webmaster note: you can send your best wishes to billy@pelamusic.com and I’ll forward them to him.