Pearl Jam cancels Vienna concert after heat, smoke damage singer’s throat

Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder attends the premiere for the movie West Aspect Story at El Capitan theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Picture

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – U.S. rock band Pearl Jam cancelled a live performance in Vienna on Wednesday after singer Eddie Vedder’s vocal chords have been broken at an out of doors venue close to Paris by the warmth, mud and smoke from fires.

“To all those that have been anticipating an important Pearl Jam present tonight in Vienna, we have been too. Nevertheless, because of the excessive circumstances on the final out of doors website exterior of Paris (warmth, mud, and smoke from the fires) our singer Ed Vedder’s throat was left broken,” the group stated 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 competition on the weekend amid a warmth wave with spikes properly 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. learn extra

“Those that work so exhausting to placed on the reveals in addition to those that give their valuable time and energies to attend…, as a band, we’re deeply sorry and have tried to seek out choices to nonetheless play,” Pearl Jam stated.

“And Ed desires to play. There’s simply no throat obtainable at the moment…So very, very deeply sorry.”

The band stated tickets could be refunded.

Wednesday’s Vienna live performance was a part of Pearl Jam’s European tour, with the following cease scheduled in Prague on Friday.

Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian
Modifying by Mark Heinrich

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