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| Friday, January 14, 2011 - Stratovarius - News on Jörg Michael and Tour | Stratovarius have released the following news:
Some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we're back on the road with Helloween. And Jörg Michael is back in his drum chair after his brush with death.
The bad news is that Timo Kotipelto caught some sort of bacterial infection. We suspect it was something from the backstage food in December, but we don't know. Two of the other people on the tour had the same thing: A very bad dysentery-like stomach infection with vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration, also eventually had to go to hospital, etc.
Timo's infection is stubborn and in addition to ruining his Christmas break, it has dried out his vocal cords. In his own words, he can't sing a note at the moment. We are currently in France and so far we had to cancel playing in Paris and Lyon.
We are of course very sorry about this, and nobody is more heartbroken or frustrated than Timo himself. Apart from heeding the advice from doctors we are in touch with, the only thing we can do at the moment is to hope Timo gets better. We will ride the 1000 km to Bilbao tonight and hopefully we will all get some sleep on the nice smooth French motorways.
Check out a short video about the Paris cancellation and some words from Jörg here. |
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| Comment by Craig (Member) - Saturday, January 15, 2011 | 
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Comments: 134 | | It's great to hear that Jörg is back behind the kit already. The band have handled the announcements about his illness with real class.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 |
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| Comment by Ben Sommer (Member) - Sunday, January 16, 2011 | 
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Comments: 8 | | Ugh - bacterial infection can ruin a singer's instrument, even kill. Old friend from music grad school died last week of pneumonia!
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Sunday, January 16, 2011 |
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