Ondertussen in Frankrijk...

...stopt Motörhead eventjes met optreden. Het persbericht:

Motörhead have been forced to cancel a few of their European summer
festivals and reschedule others after founder and frontman Lemmy Kilmister
was diagnosed by doctors this week as suffering from extreme dehydration
leading to exhaustion and was ordered to take time off and rest
immediately.

Eeeeeh, Lemmy die last heeft van uitdrogingsverschijnselen? Dan is er iets heel erg mis in deze wereld...

"When you're dealing with a warhorse like Lemmy it's not easy to discuss
typical normal healthy things such as a balanced diet and proper fluid
intake," said manager Todd Singerman. "Look, one time when I spoke to him
about the importance of vegetables in a diet, he looked me straight in the
eye and said "what are you talking about Todd! These crisps here are part
of the vegetable food group!" So imagine telling him he needs to drink more
water because it's a crazy hot summer in Europe! Although in fairness to
Lemm he did start making an effort by adding extra ice-cubes to his Jack
and coke"

Zo kun je inderdaad ook extra vocht tot je nemen. Je gooit wat extra ijsblokjes in de whiskey...

Drummer Mikkey Dee spoke of the 100 plus degree heat at recent gigs, and
commented, "I'm having to drink 8 bottles of Gatorade as well as water just
to get through these shows, I mean, I'm close to passing out, and there's
Lemm sweating his ass off drinking his Jack and coke! I told him after our
last number at the Fury Fest in France, "let's not go back out for an
encore” and that we should call it a night because really, I thought I was
going to collapse. They were telling us that it was over 130 degrees on
stage, but he insisted on doing the final two encores. We managed to get
through 'Ace Of Spades' so I said 'come on Lemm, we did an encore, let's
just skip the last one 'Overkill' " and he said, "no Mikkey, we're doing
'Overkill' but maybe we can just play it a little slower. "

Commenting on rumors that Lemmy's health is in a more serious state than
diagnosed, Singerman laughed. "Come on, you couldn't make this story up!
The simple truth is that Lemmy's the classic rock'n'roll juggernaut who has
proudly defied human logic for decades, but even juggernauts need a bit of
maintenance once in a while."

Die Lemmy. Het blijft een beest en mijn respect blijft groeien...

(via Storm/File Under)