Former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg is canceling a U.S. Tour that was supposed to begin next week. The tour was being called “My Whitesnake Years,” and was to kick off, August 3rd, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Joining the guitarist on stage were to be ex-UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore, and bassist Marco Mendoza, among others.
Vandenberg had this to say:
“Never in my roughly 60-year long career as a touring/ gigging guitar player [have] I had to cancel a show or tour. Not even when in 1987 I had my face totally ripped open in an early morning traffic accident in New York,” he wrote on social media. “I still played the show that evening because I absolutely did not want to miss playing a sold out show at the legendary Madison Square Garden.”
“Needless to say I’m really, really sorry to have to announce that I’m strongly urged by the medical specialists involved to not do this upcoming USA tour at this point,” the guitarist added. “Right now, it’d be just too short after a bacterial infection that invaded my body and that needs to get taken care of right away. Those creepy bad boys need to get their treacherous asses kicked out of my body ASAP.”
The legendary guitarist hopes to reschedule the tour and urges fans to check his website for details.
