Injuries keep DeGraw from Jones Beach gig
New York City police said singer Gavin DeGraw was attacked early Aug. 8, 2011, and he was hospitalized after his nose was broken in an incident in the East Village. (Dec. 8, 2009) Credit: AP
Due to injuries Gavin DeGraw sustained in an apparent attack early Monday morning in Manhattan, the singer will not be opening Friday's Maroon 5-Train concert at Jones Beach.
DeGraw, 34, suffered a concussion, broken nose, black eyes, and cuts and bruises after "he was attacked by a group of assailants," his rep said in a statement. He was released Tuesday from Bellevue Hospital, where he had been recovering. "Gavin and his family appreciate everyone's concern at this time," she added.
DeGraw had been opening the current leg of the Maroon 5-Train tour, but canceled Tuesday night's show in Saratoga Springs, as well as Friday's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and Saturday's date in Mansfield, Mass.
"The victim claims to have been struck by three individuals" a police spokesman told Reuters. Police would not say if the singer had been drinking before the 4 a.m. East Village altercation. No arrests have been made.
Reuters and People magazine reported that DeGraw was later clipped -- but not seriously injured -- by a taxi cab about 13 blocks from the original attack, which occurred on First Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets.
The initial melee took place near the National Underground, a bar DeGraw and his brother, Joey, own. "We want it to be like a neighborhood joint and a little musical joint where local acts can come through and feel comfortable," DeGraw told Billboard.com in a recent interview. "We're just doing what we like. We opened up the little barroom thing . . . because we like music."
DeGraw is best known for the song "I Don't Want to Be," which appeared on his 2003 album, "Chariot." It later became the theme song to the teen-young adult drama "One Tree Hill."
His fifth album, "Sweeter," is due in stores Sept. 20.
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