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| Akerfeldt is pictured in the center. |
Swedish prog-metal act Opeth was forced to pull out of their slot opening for Mastodon last night at Myth after singer-guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt bumped his head on the tour bus and cut himself, according to a posting on Facebook. He was hospitalized in the Maplewood area of St. Paul.
Prior to their set, the band's tour manager announced that they would not go on, and Mastodon and Ghost extended their sets to compensate for the change.
City Pages' contributor Ryan Siverson
was at the show.
Check out a picture of the gash Akerfeldt sustained and read his note to fans below.
Here's an update from
Opeth's Facebook page:
Many
have already learned that yesterday's performances at The Myth In St
Paul had to be cancelled due to Mikael having an accident.
Right before stage time Mike bumped his head on the tour bus which
resulted in a pretty deep cut that required urgent medical attention.
Mike was taken to hospital which he left a little later with eight
stitches and a nasty headache. He's doing OK now and we expect him to be
up and running (though slightly slower) again for tomorrow's show and
onwards.
Mike & the band were very disappointed not being
able to play yesterday but thank everyone for their understanding and
for the tons of get-well-wishes Mike has received since.
The band also thanks their friends in Mastodon for playing an extended set that hopefully kept all who attended happy.
Ouch:
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| Facebook.com |
And here's a message from Mikael himself:
Hi
guys! I'm writing from beyond the grave. Seriously, I was not in a car
crash and I haven't broken my arm. All that happened is I hit my head in
mastodons tour bus as I was getting a new pair of (red) underwear out
from my suitcase. Wish the story was more rock and roll, believe me.
Anyways I split my head open down to the skullbone and had to be taken
to the emergency. They gave me a bunch of shots in the wound, cleaned me
up and stapled my head shut with 8 metal staples. Head is sore and if I
smile it feels like the wound is gonna burst open again, but I'll be on
stage by tomorrow again. I feel extremely disappointed that we couldn't
play at the myth in Minneapolis, but paramedics told me I couldn't. We
will reschedule the show for our next trip to the USA. So all rumors of
me being in a car crash are false. I did crash my head into a car
though, well...a bus really. Sorry for disappointing our fans in
Minneapolis but I hope you understand. See you next time. Best. Mikael
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