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Budgie Singer Burke Shelley Hospitalized, European Tour Cancelled

posted Nov 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM by Diamond Oz.  (12 Comments)

Burke Shelley, the lead singer and bassist of Welsh rock legends Budgie, was rushed to hospital on Tuesday (November 9th,) where he underwent emergency surgery. As a result, the band's European tour has been cancelled. A message from the band's management reads as follows:

"Burke Shelley was admitted to hospital after complaining of pains in his abdomen on Tuesday, November 9th in Wejherowo. A team of surgeons was quickly assembled to operate on the singer and bassist who was diagnosed as having a 6 cm aneurism of the aorta.Tests revealed that Burke’s aorta was leaking blood into the outer wall of the aneurism which could have burst at any time. He underwent a two hour 40 minute operation in the evening and he is being kept in the intensive care ward."

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12 Comments on "Budgie Singer Hospitalized"

Blindgreed1's avatar

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1. Blindgreed1 writes:

Damn... Close one eh?

# Nov 11, 2010 @ 11:39 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. hellrat writes:

holy smokes---you betcha man, close indeed!

glad our little friend didn't keel

'breadfan, you got it wrong--some longtime friend's gonna lose it in the end, now who's a fooo-oool....'

fvckin awesome band....has Oz man done a SOS on them yet?

# Nov 11, 2010 @ 2:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Progressivity_In_All writes:

Real close... yikes.

# Nov 11, 2010 @ 2:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Diamond Oz writes:

Hellrat, they were the first SOS I ever wrote :) Budgie are probably one of my favourite bands. Breadfan, Melt The Ice Away, Napoleon Bona Parts 1 & 2, Breaking All The House Rules, Homicidal Suicidal, just to name a few of their classic and outstanding contributions to heavy music.

# Nov 11, 2010 @ 2:31 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. Trendkill91 writes:

That was close. Hopefully he recovers from this.

# Nov 11, 2010 @ 5:18 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. Axsully101 writes:

hope everything works out with the surgery

# Nov 12, 2010 @ 1:33 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. weasel321 writes:

WOW! Sending some prayers his way. Get better soon.

# Nov 12, 2010 @ 9:07 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. sonictherapy writes:

One of the best acts of the 70's. They never achieved great commercial success, which meant none of their material was overplayed to death. That's part of their lasting appeal with more underground metalheads.

# Nov 12, 2010 @ 10:09 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. hellrat writes:

right Oz man.....excellent choice for the debut of my beloved SOS

you're always number 1 in my book mutha fukka!

you know the real sh!t

cheers mate \m/

# Nov 13, 2010 @ 9:26 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Diamond Oz writes:

Cheers mate. Don't forget, it's sunday today so a new one will be up in a few hours :)

# Nov 14, 2010 @ 7:04 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. demal writes:

I was so excited that I would see Budgie next week.
I hope Burke is okay
and I hope Budgie comes to Prague in the spring.
best is that Burke Shelley will survive!

# Nov 17, 2010 @ 2:11 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. OlafBerzerker writes:

get well and good luck to a solid band.

np: Radio Birdman Radios Appear

# Nov 24, 2010 @ 5:32 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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