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Opeth Cancels Festival Shows

posted Jun 26, 2008 at 9:54 PM by xFiruath.  (3 Comments)

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Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth has cancelled several festival appearances due to front man Mikael Akerfeldt becoming ill. The band issued the following statement on their website:

Due to Mikael contracting Varicella (Chicken Pox), the appearances this weekend, Peace & Love (Borlänge) 26th, Hove festival (Norway) 27th, Metal town (Gothenbourg) 28th, and Graspop Dessel (Belgium) 29th, have all been cancelled. We hope to have Mike on his feet again as soon as possible, and obviously apologize to all and any that had set out to see Opeth this weekend.

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3 Comments on "Opeth Cancels Festival Shows"

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1. KickAssDuke writes:

Chicken Pox can be a bad thing for an adult. Sucks for him.

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2. dethmonkee writes:

At least it won't happen again.

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3. Txmetalhead writes:

Hope he recovers soon!

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