Kings of Leon have canceled the remainder of their summer tour in the wake of a disastrous show in Dallas on Friday that was cut short after lead singer Caleb Followill left the stage to vomit. According to the Kings' representative, Followill has been "suffering from vocal issues and exhaustion," and the band have opted to scrap the tour rather than play subpar gigs for their fans.

Due to the Kings' touring commitments abroad, their U.S. shows will not rescheduled. Tickets for those gigs will be refunded at point of purchase, or automatically refunded if ordered online. The band will head back out on tour on September 28th with a show at the Rogers Center in Vancouver, a show originally scheduled for September 14th.

Photos: Kings of Leon at Home

Though the band's official line regarding Caleb Followill's meltdown in Dallas is attributed to exhaustion, comments from his brothers at the concert and on Twitter suggest that he may be dealing with a bigger issue. When apologizing on

Chuck Berry was honored this morning by his hometown of St. Louis with the dedication of an eight-foot-tall statue in his honor. "It's glorious - I do appreciate it to the highest, no doubt about that," Berry told Rolling Stone just prior to the ceremony in University City, just outside St. Louis. "That sort of honor is seldom given out. But I don't deserve it."

The project caused controversy last month when Elsie Glickert, a former University City council member, charged that the privately funded statue was a poor use of public property, given Berry's checkered past. "This man is a felon and not a friend of women," she said. 

Her petition to block the statue was signed by over 100 residents, but no protesters showed up to the ceremony. Instead, several hundred fans braved temperatures that soared into the 90s to catch a glimpse of Berry, 84, who was dressed in a denim shirt, string tie and his trademark sailor's cap.  

Elvis Costello sent his regards to Berry via a taped message.

Last summer, Gregg Allman was confined to his Savannah home, recovering from a transplant that became immediately necessary after his doctor found cancer on his liver. "It's a painful thing," he told Rolling Stone last night at the Beacon Theatre, where the Allman Brothers Band played a rare, off-tour, three-hour show. "While I was healing, I kept wondering what it's going to be like a year from now."

Last night, one year and one month later, he got his answer - with help from friends Natalie Cole (who slayed "Whipping Post") David Crosby and Graham Nash (who lent their timeless harmonies to several of their classics and rarities), and Phil Lesh (who jammed with the band on a string of Grateful Dead classics). It was that kind of night.

Photos: Allman Brothers and Friends Rock New York

The show was a benefit for Tune in to Hep C, a campaign to raise awareness about the virus, which Allman (who believes he contracted it at a tattoo parlor in his twenties), Lesh (who had a liver

Click here to listen to Shabbaz Palaces' album "Black Up"

Who: A deliberately enigmatic hip-hop collective from Seattle led by the Palaceer, the rapper otherwise known as Ishmael Butler. The group released two EPs last year - Shabazz Palaces and Of Light - but their first full-length release, Black Up (which came out June 28th on Sub Pop), is their creative breakthrough. Over the course of 10 tracks, Butler and his collaborators pair thoughtful, sharply composed rhymes with beats that recall the grimy, claustrophobic sound of early Wu-Tang Clan and Company Flow as well as the blissful, atmospheric instrumental hip-hop of DJ Shadow.

Practice Makes Perfect: Shabazz Palaces achieve their unique sound in part by improvising in the studio. "When we're working, we try to rely on our instinct and the results of that," Butler says. "We believe in it and stick with it. Everything has to do with grabbing the spontaneous moments and then kinda keeping them as un-tampered-with as possible."