Due to Bono’s extensive back injury, U2 (Virgin) have canceled the U.S. leg of their summer tour, and their appearance at Glastonbury. The good news – Gorillaz (Parlophone) will fill in for the classic rock band at the British festival.

Last week Bono was forced to undergo emergency back surgery to recover from an injury he sustained while doing “tour preparation training.” The surgery was apparently successful, but the outspoken lead singer will need eight weeks to recover. As a result, U2 have canceled the dates on their summer U.S. tour. The dates will be rescheduled for 2011, though no word is available yet on specific dates.

In slightly better news, cartoon band Gorillaz will fill in for U2 at this Glastonbury festival. Pitchfork reported that Gorillaz frontman Murdoc said the following in a press release: “We’re like some great big horrible warship pulling in to the Bay of Glastonbury to save the day. It was us or the Beatles, and they split up years ago. The previous soldiers got pulled from duty last minute so it’s up to my Plastic Beach naval cavalry to sail in and sort the battlefield out. I can assure you though, I’m bringing extra troops. Loads of them. Glastonbury will be ours… cutlasses drawn, trumpets ready. We’re coming in…”

U2’s tour dates are the following:

6/3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rice Eccles Stadium
6/6 – Anaheim, CA – Angel Stadium
6/7 – Anaheim, CA – Angel Stadium
6/12 – Denver, CO – Invesco Field
6/16 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Coliseum
6/20 – Seattle, WA – Qwest Field
6/23 – Edmonton, Alberta – Commonwealth Stadium
6/25 – Pilton, England – Glastonbury
6/27 – Minneapolis, MN – TCF Bank Stadium
6/30 – East Lansing, MI – Spartan Stadium
7/3 – Toronto, Ontario – Rogers Centre
7/6 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
7/9 – Miami, FL – Sun Life Stadium
7/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
7/16 – Montreal, Quebec – Montreal Hippodrome
7/17 – Montreal, Quebec – Montreal Hippodrome
7/19 – New York, NY – New Meadowlands Stadium
8/6 – Turin, Italy – Stadio Olimpico
8/10 – Frankfurt, Germany – Commerzbank Arena
8/12 – Hanover, Germany – AWD Stadium
8/15 – Horsens, Denmark – Casa Arena
8/16 – Horsens, Denmark – Casa Arena
8/20 – Helsinki, Finland – Olympic Stadium
8/21 – Helsinki, Finland – Olympic Stadium
8/30 – Vienna, Austria – Ernst Happel Stadium
9/3 – Athens, Greece – Olympic Stadium
9/6 – Istanbul, Turkey – Ataturk Olympic Stadium
9/11 –  Zurich, Switzerland – Letzigrund Stadium
9/12 – Zurich, Switzerland – Letzigrund Stadium
9/15 – Munich, Germany – Olympic Stadium
9/18 – Paris, France – Stade de France
9/22 – Brussels, Belgium – Stade Roi Boudoin
9/23 – Brussels, Belgium – Stade Roi Boudoin
9/29 – Seville, Spain – Olympic Stadium
10/2 – Coimbra, Portugal – Estadio Cidade Coimbra
10/3 – Coimbra, Portugal – Estadio Cidade Coimbra
10/8 – Rome, Italy – Olympic Stadium

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