Jimmy Eat World cancel tour dates as frontman Jim Adkins recovers from emergency surgery

Jimmy Eat World have cancelled some tour dates as frontman Jim Adkins recovers from emergency surgery. READ MORE: Jimmy Eat World talk celebrating 25 years of ‘Bleed American’: “We were kids living in the moment” The Arizona emo icons have been out on the road since June, celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 2001 breakthrough album ‘Bleed American’ – playing the record in full alongside cuts from 1999’s ‘Clarity’ and 2004’s ‘Futures’ and a host of B-sides. Already they have kicked off the shows with a run of US headline dates including a stop at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and have since come across the pond for a massive gig at London’s Crystal Palace Bowl alongside Jay Som, The Get Up Kids, and Rise Against. Over the past weekend, however, the band expectedly pulled out of their scheduled appearance at the Warped Tour in Mexico City, and now they have explained that the move was done as their frontman had a “detached retina” and needed emergency surgery. “Sunday, as we were preparing to play at Warped Tour in Mexico City I noticed a shadow cloud creeping in on my vision. With some quick research, I knew I had to seek medical help immediately,” Adkins’ statement online...