Update: LESLIE WEST's Wife Issues Official Statement On 3 Guitar Heroes Tour Postponement
September 27, 2011, 12 years ago
MICHAEL SCHENKER, ULI JON ROTH and LESLIE WEST were scheduled to hit the road in October on the 3 Guitar Heroes Tour, but the tour has been postponed. According to a tour update, Leslie West's recovery from his leg amputation has caused the delay and the shows have moved to early 2012.
West's wife, Jennifer West-Weinstein, has issued the following official statement:
"Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West have been forced to postpone the 3 Guitar Heroes tour that was set to commence on October 6th in Norfolk, CT, due to insurmountable travel issues. When faced with securing a viable path for West¹s travel while still confined to a wheelchair, the search for a vehicle went on for months, and it has been called off. Last week, West was fitted with a prosthetic leg, but it will take months before he is able to live a normal life with the appendage, and there is no way to tour at this time without the security of the wheelchair he has been confined to post-amputation.Plans are moving forward to explore restaging this tour in the New Year."
On June 20th in Memphis, TN hospital, West's leg was removed just above the knee due to complications from diabetes. "I cried a couple fuckin' times," he told Billboard.com. "You still feel the nerves and stuff like that. I had to make a decision - lose my leg or lose my life. What are you gonna do? But I'll tell you, it's a good thing it wasn't one of my arms. Then I'd be really fucked."
Manager Bob Ringe was the mastermind behind the 3 Guitar Heroes Tour, and there are some very special surprises for this excursion. Following sets by each artist, the evening will climax with a jam of these highly influential artists on stage together, with special guests earmarked to join them in most markets including Dean Guitars CEO, Elliott "Dean" Rubinson who will be the tour bassist for both Schenker and Roth.
Stay tuned to 3-Guitar-Heroes.com for more details.
