The heavy storms in Slovenia (our thoughts are with the flood victims) and cloudbursts in Wacken couldn't harm us - we played all our scheduled shows and celebrated together with our loyal fans.
Much more difficult for us is now to inform you that we have to cancel the upcoming festival gigs at the Hellsinki Metal Festival in Finland and the Bloodstock Festival in the UK due to an acute laryngitis our singer Michael Kiske is suffering of. We did make this decision with a lot of consideration and with heavy hearts but Michael's condition unfortunately does not leave us any other choice.
Thanks for your understanding
BLOODSTOCK have been working extremely hard to pull in a replacement at short notice, and are pleased to share that heavy metal experts KKsPriest will be joining the Ronnie James Dio bill on Sunday. The band’s set will consist of KK Downing’s extensive catalogue including Judas Priest classics, KK Priest debut album songs and brand new tracks from their forthcoming album ‘The Sinner Rides Again’, out September 29th via Napalm Records, which include new riffstastic singles “Reap The Whirlwind”, and “One More Shot At Glory”! The band comments:
“KK and the band are extremely delighted to be able to add Bloodstock to our summer 2023 European festival run and we consider it a real bonus to play in front of our English fans. We’re certain it’s going to be a great evening of metal. We’re very much looking forward to it and we’ll see everybody there ready to rock!” —KK’s Priest
We’re sure BLOODSTOCKers will give them a warm welcome for stepping into the breach so quickly.
