BUDGIE's Burke Shelley - "I'm Now Recovering At Home And I Don't Yet Know What The Future Holds"
November 21, 2010, 13 years ago
BUDGIE singer/bassist Burke Shelley recently underwent emergency surgery, causing the band to cancel their European Tour.
A statement from Shelley reads as follows:
"I'd like to say sorry to all the Polish and Czech fans for the recent cancellation of the tour dates. This is because I became ill just before the tour began and had to have emergency surgery in Poland. I'm now recovering at home and I don't yet know what the future holds. Thanks to all those who supported me particularly the Polish surgeons. Thanks also to all those who sent messages and thanks to God the Father and Jesus Christ my saviour and the Holy Spirit."Shelley was admitted to hospital after complaining of pains in his abdomen on Tuesday, November 9th in Wejherowo, Poland. 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.
