Richie Kotzen cancels shows -Vocal Chord Hemorrhage

[poserboy71]

Richie Kotzen cancels shows -Vocal Chord Hemorrhage

Poserboy71: If this has happened to Richie Kotzen THEN...----- Given how hard Paul Stanley has pushed himself throughout the years, I think Paul has sadly passed the point of no return and done irreparable damage to his singing voice.

Guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen has posted the following message to his official website:

"Dear Friends and Fans,

I regret to say that the shows planned for this April 2012 have been canceled.

Since I came back from Europe I have been struggling with my voice. Last Saturday’s gig in San Juan Cap was a vocal disaster.

I thought it was fatigue from the brutal schedule in Europe however the voice is getting worse and now I am having pain even speaking.

Today I went to my doctor in Beverly Hills. He is an ear, nose, and throat specialist. I was concerned I may have nodes. 16 years ago I had nodes… twice… 2 separate surgeries.

Today he looked at me and it is very very bad news….my left d, bruised, and bleeding.

The bottom line is I need to be on total voice rest for the next 3 weeks. This means no singing and limited talking.

I explained I had gigs next week and he told me I am the only singer he ever treated that wanted to talk about doing shows with this condition.

He explained that by trying to sing in this condition I would likely ruin my voice for good.

I am very sorry but I must cancel all shows for April including April 28th in Redondo.

The doctor assured me that if I rest and follow his advice my voice will return back to normal within 3 weeks from now.

Those of you who purchased VIP tickets will be refunded through paypal.

Sorry for this bad news.

Best Wishes,

Richie Kotzen"

Kozten was scheduled to play three nights at the Iridium in New York City starting April 20th.

[shramiac]

Bummer! He did some, ah, less than savoury things in his past but he's a monster on guitar! Be truly sad if he got nodes on his fingers!

[erg2]

Karma's a bitch.

[poserboy71]

Karma's a bitch.

If that's the case, I wonder what Rikki's fiance' got for her efforts.

[erg2]

Divorce papers.

[poserboy71]

I believe the marriage was called off before it happened.