Anything White Stripes can do, we can do… Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have pulled their Dublin Ambassador and Belfast Mandela Hall dates this week as a result of guitarist Peter Hayes breaking his thumb.

Unlike the Stripes, though, the damage to Hayes' digit isn't vehicular but the result of "a stupid drunken night".

The good news is that, with the band hoping to reschedule ASAP, tickets for the original dates remain valid.