Place Your Bets on the Swine Flu

[michelej1]

Click Liverpool

[Some bookies are taking bets on which bands will get sick and cancel shows]

http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/n...-concerts.html

U2: With or Without Flu

Irish rockers U2 are the most likely band to next cancel a tour date due to Swine Flu, according to bookies Paddy Power.

The Irish bookmaker began taking bets after it emerged today that Kasabian front man Tom Meighan has been hospitalised in Sydney, forcing the band to cancel their entire Australian tour.

Paddy Power make U2 their 6/4 favourites, closely followed by fellow stadium rockers Coldplay at odds of 7/4 and Britney Spears at 6/1.

Less likely, but not completely immune according to Paddy Power, are veteran rockers Fleetwood Mac at 10/1 and Oasis at 20/1.

Paddy Power said; "Obviously being a musician in a band on a world tour puts you at greater risk of infection, so we’re guessing the bigger the tour the bigger the risk, and tours don’t get much bigger that U2’s 360!"

Current odds with Paddy Power:
6/4 U2
7/4 Coldplay
6/1 Britney
8/1 Pink
10/1 Fleetwood Mac
12/1 Pixies
18/1 Simply Red
20/1 Oasis
100/1 Pinky and Perky