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Undisclosed Health Issue Sidelines Slipknot Tour

Posted by Dan Rodriguez on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:03 pm

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Something is up with Joey Jordison, as the Slipknot drummer was rushed to the hospital with an undisclosed illness shortly before the band’s Seattle show on Saturday. The video above shows a noticeably upset Corey Taylor announcing the cancellation to the crowd. The band followed up with an announcement today that all remaining Slipknot dates in August and September have been cancelled.

No one really knows what’s going on, as opener The Black Dahlia Murder’s tour manager, Karim Peter, posted the following on his Facebook page (via Metal Injection):

Well we woke up at 6am and flew 9 hours to the middle of nowhere Kennewick, WA. Got our passes, loaded in, set the gear up and sat down for lunch. Then the asst TM [assistant tour manager] came in and told me “today’s show is canceled, tour is canceled, pack up your stuff.” No explanation given

Updates will be posted as they come in. We send our best wishes and a speedy recovery to Jordison and the rest of the Slipknot camp.

 

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3 Comments For This Post

  1. Zach S Says:

    i truly hope joey gets better and is alright. he is an amazing drummer! heres to a safe recovery!

    this really sucks for slipknot, but even more so for black dahlia murder (one of my favorite surprises at mayhem fest). this tour wouldve opened them up to a huge group of new audiences. oh well.

  2. Pete Says:

    His last name is Jordison, not Jordinson.

  3. Dave-O Says:

    He had better really be sick and not fucking overdosed. I live in salt lake and they cancelled the last show (like 5 years ago) because their bassist Od’d. My saturday night is now free…FUCK

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