US band Kings Of Leon were forced to cancel their headline performance at the Benicassim festival in Spain because of bad weather.

英国乐队Kings Of Leon因恶劣天气被迫取消在西班牙Benicassim音乐节的表演。

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Kings Of Leon tried to move their slot to the next day

In a statement the group's publicist said that due to "high winds and the subsequent²（随后的，后来的） unsafe conditions" they made the decision to pull their Friday slot.

Maximo Park also pulled out, but sang on Saturday night instead and Lily Allen cancelled because of illness.

Friday ticket holders³ were allowed to exchange their tickets for another day.

'Logistically impossible'

Organisers attempted to reschedule the Kings Of Leon performance, but the band had to travel to Switzerland for the Gurten festival.

"They tried unsuccessfully with the Benicassim organisers to work out a way to make a performance work yesterday, exploring every possible avenue available to them," the band's publicist said.

"But unfortunately it proved logistically impossible. This is a very big disappointment to the band who were looking forward to performing in Spain at Benicassim as one of the big highlights of their summer of live activity."

A statement posted on Allen's MySpace page said: "Lily has been diagnosed⁴ today as having gastroenteritis（肠胃炎） by her doctor and has been told she is not fit to fly to Spain.

"She is very sorry to let fans down and hopes to be back to full strength as soon as possible."

Gastroenteritis is also referred to as gastric⁵ flu（胃肠性感冒） or a stomach bug⁶.

A fire also broke out next to the festival site, but no injuries were reported and the blaze⁷ did not spread.

In recent years the Spanish festival has grown more popular with UK music fans as weather is normally hot and dry, unlike Glastonbury and other events which are usually hit by rain.