Weedeater were recently forced to postpone a number of Southeastern U.S. shows as a result of injury. This time however no firearms were involved as the cause of injury is said to have been a broken hand sustained by guitarist Dave ‘Shep’ Shepherd. According to the official press release:

“…guitarist Shep broke his hand and could no longer wield his mighty axe of six strings for the remaining shows. But, as with every previous injury this band has sustained — while on or off of tour — Shep has been healing his mangled bones and WEEDEATER will be getting back out there to hit you all with a dose of their inhumanly heavy live show almost immediately. And of course it follows that WEEDEATER‘s upcoming European tour and appearance at Roadburn 2011 are still happening, so Europe, get ready to be pummeled.”

Rescheduled stops for the postponed U.S. shows will be announced shortly.