The holidays lead to family fun, and in this case, too much fun.

In his first night home from a long year of touring, lead guitarist and vocalist Claudio Sanchez of the New York rock band, Coheed and Cambria suffered a broken hand while "sparring" with his brother, Matthew. Matthew Sanchez is a boxer, and was clearly the winner of this one. The injury, fittingly nicknamed a "boxer's fracture", involves the ring finger and small finger of the right hand. The injury requires 3 weeks in a cast and a week or two of physical therapy.

Brother Matthew has inspired two characters in the Coheed and Cambria concept records; Matthew is a son of Coheed and Cambria in the story, and Inferno is the brother of Coheed, who is a Prize Fighter and modeled loosely after the younger Sanchez.

The band will be forced to postpone a portion of their upcoming tour dates in Europe with Thrice. Tickets should be held on to until new dates are announced in the coming week. They can then be refunded or exchanged for the new date. The make up shows will not be with Thrice, however, all shows in the UK will not be affected and will go on as planned.

The following dates have been postponed.

11 Antwerp, Belgium - Hof Der Lo
12 Amsterdam, NE - Melkweg
13 Hamburg, DE - Grosse Freiheit
14 Koln, DE - LMH
16 Oslo, NO - Rockerfeller
17 Stockholm, SW - Debaser
19 Copenhagen, DN - Vega
20 Berlin, DE - SO36
22 Munich, DE - Backstage
23 Vienna, AU - Arena
24 Zurich, SZ - Rollstofflager
25 Bologna, Itl - Astragon
26 Milan, Itl - Transilvania

Claudio sends his deepest apologies, as does the rest of the band, and promise to make these dates up in February in big style.

Quelle: www.coheedandcambria.com