News•July 20, 2018 5:56 PM ET•8,478 views

Avenged Sevenfold cancels summer tour

Avenged Sevenfold has been forced to cancel their North American summer tour due to issues with the vocal cords of frontman M. Shadows (real name Matthew Charles Sanders). Shadows put forth the following statement:

"There is no good way to start out a note containing bad news but here it is. After Europe I came down with a terrible viral infection that rendered me voiceless. I tried my best to take care of the situation with voice rest, medication and doctor visits but my voice was only getting worse. "After a week of steroids the swelling went down enough to see the cause of the problem. A blood blister has formed on my vocal folds and is preventing them from vibrating properly. In short, I can't sing anything at the moment and the more I attempt to the more damage is being done. Luckily, as of now the doctors feel that 3 months of no singing and voice rest should get my chords back on track. "Unfortunately, this means we will have to cancel all tour dates at the moment. "Decisions like this weigh on me very heavily. It's a tour I was looking forward to very much. I want to apologize to the fans who have spent their time and money booking travel arrangements and accommodations. I also want to apologize to our crew and the other bands who were depending on this tour. None of these things are lost on me. "Just know that I have exhausted every possible solution in trying to get out there and perform for you. It just simply can't happen at the moment. We have a few things coming down the pipe soon that should be fun so we hope you look out for those. "Again, I am deeply sorry and hope to see you all soon."

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anonymous 7/20/2018 3:16:32 PM

Avenged toilet

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anonymous 7/20/2018 3:28:14 PM

IS IT REALLY THAT HARD TO SING IIIII TTTRRRAAAEEEEYYYEEEEYAAAEE EYYYAAAYYIIIIIII

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anonymous 7/20/2018 3:56:13 PM

Donald Trump here, I am saddened by this news. I wanted to improve my image and go see them. It is good to support the gays.

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anonymous 7/20/2018 4:02:57 PM

God damn you got a blister in your mouth and you can't scream? Give me a fcking break. You sound like shit anyway, scream it out, break that blister and move on. fcking pssy bitches how hard is your job? oh yeah your a millennial now I get it.

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anonymous 7/20/2018 4:07:27 PM

Nice, now I can go for Prophets of Rage without staring at A7X shirts.

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anonymous 7/20/2018 4:28:17 PM

Someone gave him a terrible virus, and then M. Shadows slipped, landing awkwardly with massive force on his fully erect c-ck. He shattered his c-ck.

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F___A___G___G___O___T 7/20/2018 4:29:10 PM

^i like that. keep that up.

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anonymous 7/20/2018 6:57:30 PM

First king, now a7x, my summer is ruined fck YOU

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anonymous 7/20/2018 8:46:38 PM

deathcore jon here to say im stoked to have my ass all prolapsed out for everyone to munch on.

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anonymous 7/20/2018 9:05:27 PM

Rumour has it that Timmy Lambesis has a wide open schedule... just like his ass was in prison

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anonymous 7/20/2018 9:37:42 PM

Probably the shittiest tour I've ever seen. Seriously.

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anonymous 7/21/2018 12:43:45 AM

F*ggot liking own comments on every thread double posting . Lamest persona going. unfunny gay

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anonymous 7/21/2018 5:09:11 AM

Billings is disappointed

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anonymous 7/21/2018 5:59:29 AM

David Gunn a.k.a. Yavid a.k.a. Bando Commando slash Rambo here. Don't know if you know this or not, but if you don't go hunting, then there's no food. I know that might be a heady concept for you, but that's just the kind of life you have to live on the streets of Flint, MI, which is CRAZY. Gonna do some squats with the Rosetta Stone on my shoulders, then it's time to prowl the streets to catch a body.

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anonymous 7/21/2018 7:35:18 AM

Hey everyone this is Guy from the Red Chord here, Avenged Sevenfold are a bunch of fcking pussies.

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anonymous 7/21/2018 7:50:11 AM

^ cop

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anonymous 7/21/2018 12:36:40 PM

avenged cuckold

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anonymous 7/21/2018 2:14:50 PM

Just one person posts on this site.

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anonymous 7/21/2018 6:45:14 PM

Wow a lot people disappointed. Get well soon.

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anonymous 7/22/2018 9:29:10 AM

Tomb Mold is garbage merchcore metal with members who were scene kids 8 years ago. Same with Gatecreeper.

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anonymous 7/22/2018 12:29:23 PM

I hope everyone who posted hate on him just because of a stupid god damn virus I hope you all hot to god damn hell. Get well Shadows

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anonymous 7/23/2018 6:42:34 AM

"Damn I was really looking forward to seeing Prophets of Rage" -no one

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anonymous 7/23/2018 7:25:56 AM

"This is really terrible news." -also no one.

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anonymous 7/23/2018 5:10:29 PM

Imagine being an adult and caring about this kind of sh!t

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