The household of Australian rock icon Jimmy Barnes have thanked followers by way of social media for his or her well-wishes following his main surgical procedure on Tuesday.
Daughter Elly May posted a photograph to Instagram of Barnes mendacity in a hospital mattress with an oxygen tube in his nostril after his hip alternative.
She additionally posted an x-ray picture of the 66-year-old’s new left hip.
Along with the pictures, Elly May wrote the caption: “My dadda is out of surgery and awake. The doctors are very happy. . . Thanks for all the well wishes”.
At the tip of November, Barnes revealed his rock star methods had lastly caught up with him and he cancelled his deliberate tour.
Barnes made the shock announcement by way of a video publish saying his again and hip points had grow to be “really painful and really severe”.
“As everybody knows, it’s against my religion to cancel the shows, I would have put them off but the doctors tell me that I need to get an operation as soon as possible,” he stated.
“It’s gonna really limit my movements for the next few months.”
He apologised for disappointing his followers.
“As much as it kills me, I have to get this fixed so I can jump around on the stage for another 50 years.”
The news of his pressing surgical procedure got here simply two weeks after Barnes cancelled his Penrith present as a result of rising COVID instances on the east coast.
His look at Summernats 35 in Canberra on Friday 6 January 2023 received’t go forward, however long-time mates Jon Stevens, Daryl Braithwaite and Diesel have stuffed his spot.
Stranded In The Whitsundays week was additionally rescheduled to 23-28 August 2023 and the deliberate Byron Bay Bluesfest unveiling of his new undertaking, The Barnestormers is not going to proceed in 2023.
