U.S. rock band Pearl Jam cancelled a live performance in Vienna on Wednesday after singer Eddie Vedder‘s vocal cords have been broken at an outside venue close to Paris by the warmth, mud and smoke from fires.
“To all those that have been anticipating an excellent Pearl Jam present tonight in Vienna, we have been too. Nevertheless, because of the excessive circumstances on the final outside website outdoors of Paris (warmth, mud, and smoke from the fires) our singer Ed Vedder’s throat was left broken,” the group mentioned in a press release posted on Instagram on Wednesday.
“He has seen docs and had remedy however as of but, his vocal cords haven’t recovered. That is brutal information and horrible timing… for everybody concerned.”
Pearl Jam carried out on the Lollapalooza Paris music pageant on the weekend amid a warmth wave with spikes nicely above 40 Celsius (104F) in southern Europe.
Firefighters in southwestern France have been battling since July 12 to include large forest wildfires whereas Britain recorded its highest ever temperature on Tuesday.
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“Those that work so laborious to placed on the reveals in addition to those that give their treasured time and energies to attend, as a band, we’re deeply sorry and have tried to search out choices to nonetheless play,” Pearl Jam mentioned.
“And Ed desires to play. There’s simply no throat out there right now… so very, very deeply sorry.”
The band mentioned tickets can be refunded.
Wednesday’s Vienna live performance was a part of Pearl Jam’s European tour, with the subsequent cease scheduled in Prague on Friday.
