MONSTER MAGNET had to prematurely end its European tour for the fall of 2024, which was celebrating the band’s 35th anniversary, due to the illness of frontman Dave Wyndorf.
On Monday, the 67-year-old musician, who has faced various health challenges over the years, issued the following statement: “It is with regret that I have to announce cutting this tour short by 10 shows. I started the tour off with a mild cold that worsened to the point of blowing my voice out more than a few times and continuing would not only seriously damage the vocal cords but sound like shit as well. So in the interest of both health and quality I’m pulling the plug. My sincere apologies go out to ticket holders of these canceled shows. We’ll surely make up for them when we return. Finally, many thanks for everybody who came out. You ROCK!”.
In the Facebook group “Bullgod Disciples – Monster Magnet Fan Group,” the largest MONSTER MAGNET fan community, the band’s tour manager, Jens “Bobo” Bornhöft, reportedly shared that the Munich show on October 11 would be the final performance of the tour, as Dave Wyndorf was too ill to continue. This announcement followed the cancellation of a Vienna show a day earlier, which was later reinstated at the last minute, and came a week after the band’s Paris concert was cut short just 20 minutes into the set. At the shows that did take place, fans expressed concern as Wyndorf performed while seated on a high chair throughout, and the guitar effects pedalboard was raised on a platform, allowing him to switch them by hand.
On October 12, Wyndorf shared the following statement regarding the tour cancelation: “Hey guys. Try as I have to push through this tour my health and voice have only gotten weaker. My hypothyroidism is shutting me down to the point where I’m dizzy and exhausted no matter HOW much sleep I get. As Bobo knows I can’t walk a flight of stairs without running out of breath. My voice is fucked as well. Any rest I can get is not enough to repair it properly. In short, we gotta get home ASAP because I’m just fucking this whole thing up. I’m sorry to put you though so much trouble…”.
photo by Per-Otto Oppi Christiansen
