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Penn & Teller cancel shows after Teller hurts back


FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, Penn Jillette, left, and Raymond Teller perform their
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, Penn Jillette, left, and Raymond Teller perform their "Penn & Teller" act at the Vegas Strong Benefit concert in Las Vegas. The duo cancelled a performance scheduled for Friday, July 6, in Biloxi, Miss., because Teller’s back injury has flared up. (Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP, File),FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, Penn Jillette, left, and Raymond Teller perform their "Penn & Teller" act at the Vegas Strong Benefit concert in Las Vegas. The duo cancelled a performance scheduled for Friday, July 6, in Biloxi, Miss., because Teller’s back injury has flared up. (Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP, File)

Penn & Teller’s magic shows are on hiatus because Teller’s back injury has flared up.

The duo canceled a performance in Mississippi on Friday, with Teller tweeting an apology to fans. He wrote he’s stopping work until Aug. 18 and “getting my back surgery pronto.”

Raymond Teller, who is 70, says he’s “disoriented and befuddled” because he thinks they’ve had to cancel only four shows on short notice during their career.

They’ve worked as a pair since 1981.

Sixty-three-year-old Penn Jillette wrote “the boys will be back and bad!”