Watch Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Perform With Crutches After Fracturing Hip

By Katrina Nattress

March 13, 2023

Tame Impala Performs At The Forum
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Kevin Parker wasn't kidding when he told fans last week that he planned to perform with a fractured hip, and over the weekend he made good on that promise. Tame Impala played a show in Mexico City, and the bandleader got through the set with the help of some crutches.

The injury did not look minor either. When Parker broke the news on Instagram, his post shared photos and video from him in the hospital and undergoing physical therapy. "Fractured my hip. Tried to run a half marathon on what turned out to be an existing stress fracture. Whoops. Made it to within 1km of the finish line🥲. That’s life I guess," he wrote. "All shows in Mexico and South America going ahead as planned I’m not quitting on you guys"

Watch fan-shot footage of Parker performing on crutches below.

His injury wasn't the only news in Tame Impala's world last weekend. The band also dropped a new single called "Wings of Time" that was written for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons film Dungeons And Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. “Being asked to do a track for the D&D soundtrack seemed like an unmissable opportunity to indulge in my long time love of fantasy prog rock," Parker said about the song. "I recruited my good friend Nicholas Allbrook, who is the person I know appreciates this subject matter the most. We rented a villa in Spain, that kind of felt like a castle, for two nights whilst on tour for Primavera. That location got us in the right frame of mind and it went from there. We stayed up late coming up with weird ideas and song lyrics.”

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