Metal Anarchy

Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows has taken to social media to explain the last minute cancellation of the band’s October 7 show at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, CA. According to him, the concert was unable to move forward due to illness.

Shadows issued the following statement:

“So sorry San Diego: the reason we wait til last min to cancel is because 99% of the time we can sing through a sickness or get through the show without injury. The morning of Aftershock I woke up with a virus… we played through what I felt was a great show… after the show the vocal chords were in tact and felt great.

I took yesterday at home to sit in a steam room for about 6 hours, take vitamins and do everything possible to flush this sickness. Still the voice felt fine…. Waking up this morning the sickness was going away but I noticed it felt like it was accumulating in my vocal folds.

As the day went on and I did my warm ups it was clear that it was sitting in there and fighting to let me even speak. As a last ditch effort I had a doctor administer a steroid to help me get through the show… At around 8:30 it was obvious that that was not going to work for tonight and that it was better to live to fight another day.

Again, there is no vocal cord damage.. I simply am sick and can’t make the noises I need to make. We will come back… so sorry for those who traveled.”