Nathan Followill

Nathan Followill, drummer of U.S. rock band the Kings of Leon, performs at the V Festival in Chelmsford, London, in 2008. Followill suffered broken ribs Saturday night when the band's tour bus was forced to react to a pedestrian who stepped in front of it. As a result, the band has canceled its Wednesday, Aug. 20, show at Blossom Music Center.

(Joel Ryan, Associated Press)

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A chest injury suffered by drummer Nathan Followill has forced the Kings of Leon to cancel the band's Wednesday, Aug. 20, show at Blossom Music Center.

"Kings of Leon were involved in a tour bus accident en route to their hotel in Boston [Saturday night] when a pedestrian jumped in front of their tour bus, causing the bus to stop short, injuring Nathan Followill,'' according a statement released by the band Tuesday morning.

"Nathan is being treated for broken ribs, but is doing well,'' the statement said.

The Nashville-based band includes brothers Nathan, Caleb and Jared Followill and their cousin, Matt Followill. Their current tour is in support of their latest album, 2012's "Mechanical Bull.''

The band will perform their newest single, "Family Tree,'' on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon'' tonight, with Roots drummer Questlove sitting in for Nathan Followill.

"I'm counting the days until I can get back in the saddle and continue what has been our best American tour so far,'' Nathan said in the statement.

Just last week, the band participated in a conference call to preview the show, and Nathan talked about the success of "Mechanical Bull.''

"We now have had three or four singles and one music video [from the album],'' he said. "Going into this record, we didn't really know what to expect.

"We had taken a break and kind of stepped away from the music scene for a while to enjoy being home with our families and being fathers and husbands,'' Nathan said. "Once the record was finished, we were very pleased with it, but I was also surprised at how quickly we were able to do it and still keep the Kings of Leon sound and the integrity of our craft.''

It's too bad Northeast Ohio fans won't see the show. The band had consciously decided to upgrade its stage show and move into bigger venues.

"For a long time, we thought we could get by just going out and playing our songs,'' Nathan said. "We realized we have to step it up and do more.''

That involves synchronized videos and more, he said.

"You have to engage the crowd and give them things to look at,'' Nathan said. "The show we have now, I'm pretty proud of. We worked hard on it.''

Doctors have prohibited Followill from playing until at least Aug. 28, but a spokeswoman for promoter Live Nation confirmed that the Blossom show is canceled, not postponed. Ticket refunds will be available at the point of purchase.