Vines cancel tour after onstage fall out

The Vines have been ordered to fly back to Australia for emergency rest after an onstage brawl.

An "exhausted" Craig Nicholls snapped at a show in Boston and fought with bassist Patrick Mathews.

All dates outside of Australia for the first quarter of 2003 have now been cancelled, including the band's Japan and US tour

It is believed they will still be playing Big Day Out in Australia, reports NME.com.

According to witnesses, Nicholls became enraged after Mathews broke a bass string during a rendition of Ain't No Room.

He swung his microphone around, hitting Mathews on the head. Mathews then lunged at him and they fell fighting into the audience.