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Bring Me The Horizon axe Australian tour after Oli Sykes falls ill

Bring Me The Horizon have been forced to cancel the remainder of their tour in Australia because the band's frontman Oliver Sykes has been taken ill. 

Sykes has been diagnosed with acute laryngitis and as a result has been advised against performing live by doctors. Bring Me The Horizon have axed their concert tonight in Melbourne as well as tomorrow's gig at the same venue (Margaret Court Arena). Their Auckland, NZ show scheduled for September 25 has also been postponed. 

Sykes shared a post on Instagram about the cancellations and explained that he is devastated not to be able to carry on with the shows:

"Right now the shows are one of the main things helping me get through a personally difficult period of my life, & being told that I'm not in any condition to perform, & having to go back and sit alone in a hotel room until this infection subsides, well, is the last thing I wanna be doing. I guess I just wanted to let you all know that these decisions are never taken lightly, the complete opposite tbh, we live for the shows, they are usually the only highlight of our days, & for anyone that was supposed to see us tonight, I'm feeling your pain just as much as you are feeling mine."

Their official support act for the jaunt, Architects, took to Twitter and confirmed that while there is no room for "replacement shows" on this particular tour, they are planning an Australian headlining tour to make up for it. 

BMTH, meanwhile, will head out on a UK arena tour this November and you can check out the full list of their tour dates here:

  • November 2 - Nottingham Capital FM Arena
  • November 4 - Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
  • November 5 - London O2 Arena
  • November 6 - Sheffield Arena
  • November 8 - Manchester Arena
  • November 9 - Glasgow SSE Hydro

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Watch Bring Me The Horizon's music video for "Avalanche" below:

 

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