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Motorhead Cuts Austin Show Short Due To Health Issues

posted Sep 2, 2015 at 1:16 PM by xFiruath.  (4 Comments)

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It seems like the era of Motorhead performing live with Lemmy may be coming to an end. There have been numerous tour cancellations over the past year, including a recently nixed Denver date.

During last night's show in Austin, Lemmy cut the set short after playing through three songs and left the stage, unable to complete the night's performance.

Footage from the gig can be seen below (the first clip shows where he ended the set, the previous two are from earlier songs). The band subsequently posted this message on Facebook:

"As you might have heard, Motörhead again had to abbreviate a performance due to Lemmy not feeling well. This is a DIRECT follow-on from the altitude issues in Colorado, and clearly, Lemmy tried to get back at it too quickly. For this reason, Motörhead will not play in San Antonio tonight, but the show will still go on with Saxon headlining. Lemmy will resume duties the moment he is PROPERLY rested and firing on all cylinders again. The legendary Motörheadbanger patience is much appreciated, and the band send their deepest thanks. More details will be released soon."

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4 Comments on "Motorhead Cuts Austin Show Short"

Drum_Junkie's avatar

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1. Drum_Junkie writes:

Oh man, that hurt to watch. Mad respect for him giving all he had. I just hate to see the Road Dog going out this way. He'll be 70 in December. I cannot think of any other musician who's lived as hard and fast as he has to live this long. I hope he gets the rest that he needs. God knows, he deserves it.

Lemmy, I salute you! \m/\m/

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2. coldiem writes:

It's hard not admire the perseverance, but at some point "proving I can still do it" becomes "proving I can't do it anymore" pretty damn quickly. This sign has been in bright neon letters for a while now. It's almost starting to get sad at this point.

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3. zfzzz writes:

i love motorhead, lemmy is a legend. but it might be time to hang it up. the new album however does sound pretty good.

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4. Blindgreed1 writes:

They are Motorhead and they play rock n roll \m/\m/

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