CHILDREN OF BODOM Cancel Ruisrock Festival Appearance; Alexi Laiho Hospitalized In Oslo
July 5, 2012, 12 years ago
Yesterday, July 4th, CHILDREN OF BODOM announced that vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho was rushed to an Oslo hospital with extreme stomach pain. The band were therefore forced to cancel last night's show in Oslo, as well as tonight's show in Malmö.
An update from the band states: "This is not an easy letter for us to write. Alexi is suffering from a serious infection. He is still in hospital in Oslo under supervision of the doctors and we don’t know yet when they will release him.
We have no choice other than canceling Ruisrock in Turku on Saturday as well. This is a very bitter pill for us to swallow. We had decided to do only two festivals in our homeland this summer to make it real special, and now this.
We hope that we will be able to make up for this very soon. To all our fans who had been looking forward to rock with us at Ruisrock this weekend, take our apologies and enjoy the festival. In our spirits, we will be there, too.”
Stay tuned for updates.
