Avenged Sevenfold Cancel Summer North American Tour
Monday, 23 July 2018
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Jeff Forney
Avenged Sevenfold have cancelled their summer tour plans on medical grounds.
A statement from the California band's vocalist Matt Shadows confirmed that their North American End of The World tour with Prophets of Rage, Three Days Grace and Ho99o9 has been put on hold after he was found to have a blood blister on this vocal cords.
"There is no good way to start out a note containing bad news but here it is.
After Europe I came down with a terrible viral infection that rendered me voiceless.
I tried my best to take care of the situation with voice rest, medication and doctor visits but my voice was only getting worse.
After a week of steroids the swelling went down enough to see the cause of the problem. A blood blister has formed on my vocal folds and is preventing them from vibrating properly. In short, I can’t sing anything at the moment and the more I attempt to the more damage is being done. Luckily, as of now the doctors feel that 3 months of no singing and voice rest should get my chords back on track.
Unfortunately, this means we will have to cancel all tour dates at the moment.
Decisions like this weigh on me very heavily. It’s a tour I was looking forward to very much. I want to apologize to the fans who have spent their time and money booking travel arrangements and accommodations. I also want to apologize to our crew and the other bands who were depending on this tour.
None of these things are lost on me.
Just know that I have exhausted every possible solution in trying to get out there and perform for you. It just simply can’t happen at the moment.
We have a few things coming down the pipe soon that should be fun so we hope you look out for those.
Again, I am deeply sorry and hope to see you all soon.
In silence,
M"
Avenged Sevenfold have been touring since the release of their latest LP, 'The Stage', which arrived in 2016.
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