Black Veil Brides Postpone UK Dates & Announce Halloween Party
Monday, 31 October 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
American glam rockers Black Veil Brides have been forced to postpone their remaining UK tour dates after frontman and lead vocalist Andy Biersack badly broke his nose during a show in Luxembourg last Wednesday (26th).
The singer had been partaking in the band’s usual crazy on stage antics when he smashed his nose into a drum holder, breaking the bone in the centre of his nose. After seeing doctors after a show in London later that week, they advised him to take a three week rest.
A statement on the band’s website reads: “The band performed last night at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London and despite making it through the show, Andy was in excruciating pain and had difficulty singing and breathing.
“As a result he needed to see a doctor after the show. He has been advised not to perform for the next 3 weeks to allow himself time to rest, heal and fully recover. The band are working on rescheduling the remaining shows in Wolverhampton and Bristol and an announcement will be made about this asap.
“Black Veil Brides would like to thank the BVB army for all their support and understanding and the band will be back on the road with Avenged Sevenfold in late November in the US once Andy is fully recovered.”
Although fans will be missing out on seeing their favourite make-up’d rockers on tour, the band will still be putting on a Halloween party where they were originally due to put on an intimate show, in London’s Borderline. If you didn’t have guestlist for the show, you’re gonna have to get their quick – it’s operating on a first come first served basis.
Read what Biersack had to say about his injury below.
“I was onstage doing my typical routine to entertain the crowd,” he told Revolver. “I was rolling around and being crazy. Normally, before ‘Legacy’ goes into a breakdown-y guitar solo-y kind of part, I get down on my knees and do a mock prayer.
“I did that and then rolled backwards and stood up and I didn’t realize I was directly under the four-foot drum riser. I smashed the bone dead center on my skull. From above my eyebrows, right down the bridge of my nose, that’s where I cracked. I was unconscious for a second.”
He continued: “I knew something terrible had happened immediately. I jumped up, but I was still in shock and I didn’t really feel it yet. I was rubbing my nose to try to figure out what was happening. And I ran into my tour manager at the side of the stage and I asked him if there was something wrong with my nose. And he looked at me like I was crazy and said it was huge and misshapen.
“That’s when the realization hit me that I was really hurt. I started getting really dizzy and stumbled my way offstage and got to the backstage area. I positioned myself in front of a mirror and saw it was huge and ridiculous. And that’s when the pain set in and it was pretty excruciating. But there wasn’t a lot of bleeding or anything because of where it broke.”
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