John Bishop has been forced to cancel his upcoming US and Canadian tour dates following his motorbike accident.
The comedian was supposed to be performing six shows in North America next month but he has taken to social media to announce that they’re no longer going ahead.
As Chortle reported earlier in the month, the 59-year-old sustained a broken ankle after getting into a motorbike accident while on a ride with astronaut Tim Peake.
In his post, he said: ‘One of the consequences that I found out about breaking your ankle is that you have to wear this boot for six weeks. And when you’re wearing this boot, you can’t fly long haul flights and because of that, I’ve got to cancel the tours I was gonna do in Canada and America in October.
‘This is a message to apologise to everyone that we’ve had to cancel it for obvious reasons – I’m not able to fly. But hopefully we’re gonna reschedule the dates and let you know when we can do them again.
‘So I apologise but under medical advice, I’m not to be a knob-head and crash my motorbike again.’
In the text accompanying the video, he said he was ‘absolutely gutted. I was so looking forward to coming back over and seeing you all.’
And he said ticket-holders would get further details from their point of purchase.
The comic, 59, previously had to pull out of a bike ride for Prostate Cancer UK because of his injury.
At the time, he told his followers: ‘I went out for a motorbike ride today with Tim Peake who’s a brilliant lad and a great motorcyclist and I learnt a lesson today – astronauts are better motorcyclists than comedians… and so it looks like I’ve broken my ankle which means unfortunately I can’t do the ride.’
Bishop's new BBC One quiz show Wisdom Of The Crowd starts this weekend – and he talks about it here.
