My Chemical Romance cancel their Soundwave appearance

[ofyourdeath.livejournal.com]

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE regretfully announce that they have been forced to cancel all upcoming engagements, including their appearance at The Soundwave Festival in Australia.

Singer Gerard Way has been having severe vocal problems and is under doctor's advisement to forgo the tour in order to receive treatment for his throat and vocal chords and protect their long-term use.

“We are really sorry that we’ve had to cancel this tour, and apologise for any inconvenience it has caused,” says singer Way. “The last thing we ever want to do is cancel shows, but we’ll be back to Australia to make it up to the fans as soon as possible.”

Patrons holding tickets to the MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE show at the Big Top, Luna Park on Thu 25 Feb are advised to contact their point of purchase to arrange a full refund of their tickets.

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Comments

[thebiologicshow.livejournal.com]

but then he'll just live on "coffee blvd" and that's not as funny!

no but yeah he really does. especially with a child, i mean come on!

[separateskies.livejournal.com]

srsly like i know the cigs are ~sexy and cool~ but rly :[ when you are a singer ur throat and lungs are kind of important gd

[thebiologicshow.livejournal.com]

well hopefully this will be his ~turning point~.

can you imagine how much better his voice would sound if he hadn't been smoking all this time? i mean really, you think girls are swooning over him NOW?

[separateskies.livejournal.com]

yes i do because we are :[



rly tho

[thebiologicshow.livejournal.com]

haha um that didn't make any sense

[separateskies.livejournal.com]

i do think girls are swooning
bc we r swooning
rn
and every day at our comm lol

[thebiologicshow.livejournal.com]

also i am deeply concerned by the minimum amount of time it took you to find that video.

[ciel-vert.livejournal.com]

The thing is... as a recovering alcoholic and someone who is still clearly VERY addicted to nicotine... quitting smoking would not be that simple for him. He's obviously not doing it to be "sexy and cool" (and I'm sure you were be facetious when you said that, but other people might not pick up on that). Honestly, most recovering addicts keep one or more relatively "healthier" addictions, so it's not surprising at all that Gerard is still a smoker. And I"m positive he doesn't exactly like it. In LOTMS he mentions how much it sucks that he smokes cigarettes and drinks coffee all day... but I'd honestly rather him do that than be suicidal and puking his guts up in alleys outside of Killers shows, you know?

Also, smoking likely isn't what has done the most damage to his vocal chords. The strain and stress of performing is harder on them than the cigarette smoke.

Ahhh sorry to get all srs bsns on you guys... but it really is more complicated than him just needing to quit.

[separateskies.livejournal.com]

ive been very closely involved with addiction in my life and some people close to me have actually died of lung cancer related to smoking, so i totally get how hard it is to quit.
i'm just saying that smoking can obviously affect your throat and lung health, which are key body parts (for lack of a better word) when you are a singer and all that.