Blackie Lawless, My Intention is to Finish this Tour, Come Hell or High Water
- Michael Brandvold
- May 10, 2023
- 2 min read
As many of you already know I had a serious setback at the hands of a very unqualified Doctor here in Europe about 2 weeks into the tour. I've been receiving treatment at a hospital in Berlin and that team of Doctors has been nothing short of fantastic. But, at the same time they strongly advised me to stop the tour and go back to L.A. and begin my rehab. But it's hard for them to understand, this is the only 40th Anniversary I'm ever going to get, not to mention the fans that have stood by us this entire time have waited over 3 years, and because of the pandemic suffered 3 different sets of tour postponements. I go back to Berlin on Friday for 2 days for more treatments which means both the shows in Italy will be missed. At the start the Doctors there told me without rest and rehab I would definitely get worse. As hard as I've pushed through these shows, they were right. The show last night in Zurich was cut short by 2 songs, and I do apologize for that but the pain reached a point where I could no longer perform and it lasted throughout the entire show. My legs were giving out on me and it got dangerous. I will not be able to stand to do the remaining 5 shows, so the compromise I reached with the Doctors was if I would stay seated, in a chair to do these last 5 then they will give me clearance to finish the tour and do those remaining 5 shows. I've never done this before, but please understand, my intention is to finish this tour, come hell or high water, and give this incredibly dedicated fan base, that has been with us from the beginning, the show they have all heard about. Plus we're going to build the chair into "Elvis". Hey, he's been with us the whole time and he will finish this tour right beside me because he's basically one of the Band.
But, as frustrating as this all has been I can't wait to get into rehab, and then destroy America.... Again, on the 2nd, and final leg of the "40th Anniversary World Tour"!! We are Coming Back....and we're Coming to Hurt Somebody!!
B. L.
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As many of you already know, I had a serious setback at the hands of a very unqualified doctor here in Europe about two weeks into the tour. I've been receiving treatment at a hospital in Berlin, and that team of doctors has been nothing short of fantastic. Still, they strongly advised me to stop the tour and return to L.A. for rehab. But it's hard for them to understand—this is the only 40th Anniversary I’ll ever get. Fans have waited over three years, enduring multiple postponements. I return to Berlin on Friday for two more days of treatment, which means the Italy shows will be missed. At the start, the doctors warned me that without rest and rehab, my…
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Blackie, I’m not sure if I ever wrote to you about this before but back in the mid 80’s when you were touring, I bought tickets to your show. After seeing you on MTV & listening to your music, I was so obsessed. I bought your albums & listened to them often. I had a large patch of you on the back of my jean jacket that must have horrified everyone walking by me in high school back then. But I loved it. The morning of the concert I went & stood at the locked building door in hopes of meeting you. It was during the winter but nothing could have kept me away. I stood outside for six hour…
Chris Holmes finished his European tour in a minivan with an open top gear trailer.
ps .. the underlying psychological driver for a back injury is the burden of guilt 🤷♂️ i'm wondering if those free/stolen publishing royalties might've cost ya somethin after all? 😉