John Williamson has been forced to pull out of the 2024 Tamworth Country Music Festival after an accident at his property.
The Aussie music icon, 78, known for songs including True Blue and Home Among the Gum Trees, shared the news on his official Facebook on Wednesday.
Williamson said he’s had surgery and is recovering after a rock crushed his hand.
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“I’m recovering from hand surgery after an accident at #willoshed. My rock sculptures & concerts have been paused for about a month,” he wrote in his post.
“I apologise to everyone who was looking forward to my Tamworth concert as well as Redland, Ipswich & Toowoomba. I’ll see you at Tamworth for the Golden Guitar Awards and perhaps a cold beer instead.”
He was set to perform in Tamworth on January 26, but the show was cancelled.
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“John was working on one of his artistic passions – sculpture art, when a large rock crushed his hand and he had to undergo immediate surgery,” a post about the show cancellation read.
“The good news is that he will recover completely, but it will take a number of weeks to heal before he can perform again.”
They added that the iconic singer is “so disappointed” over the cancelled gig.
The Tamworth Country Music Festival runs from January 19-January 28.
Williamson hosts his at-home shed sessions in June every year on his Queensland property. He is located in Springbrook.
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“It’s really sharing how lucky we are to have this place. But we overlook complete wilderness and overlook the rainforest, and people just get a lot of fun just being there, let alone the show,” he previously told 9Honey Celebrity.
“I put on a two-hour show in the middle of the day and they get a sausage and a free beer and it’s an experience.”
His picturesque Springbrook home is also where he retreated amid the COVID-19 pandemic – and it was during this lockdown that Williamson got a taste of retirement.
“It gave me an idea of what retirement would be like and because we’ve got a beautiful property above the Gold Coast up in the mountains, there’s plenty there,” he says.
“I’ve built a greenhouse during COVID, so I’m working on that. I’ve built a chook yard but I haven’t got the chooks yet, but I’m getting ready for retirement. It’s just I’m gonna do a lot less.”
“I came from the land and now I’m back on it. I’m just happy, so happy to be there … It keeps me alive and creating. Once I get away and go on stage, I think, ‘Oh, this is what I do.’ But I’m finding it harder to leave home every time.”
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