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Maeve Bannister

Rock legend to undergo urgent open-heart surgery

Rock singer Jimmy Barnes is to undergo urgent heart surgery and is cancelling shows. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Singer Jimmy Barnes will undergo urgent surgery after a bacterial infection spread to his heart.

The 66-year-old solo artist and Cold Chisel frontman has cancelled upcoming shows because of the health emergency, a development he described as "hugely frustrating".

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