Avenged Sevenfold have been forced to cancel their appearance today (August 24) at the Reading Festival.
The band have had to pull their Main Stage performance because frontman M Shadows � real name Matt Sanders � is suffering from vocal problems.
"We're very sorry to tell you that Avenged Sevenfold will not be performing at Reading today, August 24. As many of you know, the band had to shorten their set at Leeds on Friday due to vocal breed. Since then, Matt's doctors in the United Kingdom and Los Angeles make both well-advised him that he must rest his voice and cannot do," the band explained in a statement.
They added that their isaac Bashevis Singer should be on the mend, and they hope future dates will not be effected.
"Thankfully there ar no long-run problems and with proper rest, Matt will return to the road before long. The ring toured all summer with Iron Maiden throughout Europe and the UK. They returned base August 1, but because they wanted to play Reading and Leeds very much, they returned this week for the fete. They were blown aside by the number of fans wHO came to see them play at Leeds. The band is still in England nowadays and is extremely defeated that they can't play a show they have been looking forward to for a long time."
The band ar expected to return to the UK at the end of 2009.
As with Slipknot, world Health Organization dropped out of today�s bill earlier in the week, organisers will not be adding any new bands to the notice, but ar working out an alternative running order.
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