Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley has suffered a heart attack.
This was confirmed by Bayley’s management on social media.
The post said (shown below):
We sincerely regret to announce that Blaze had a heart attack at home yesterday evening & is now in hospital in a stable condition, awaiting news of further surgery/treatment. He is in good spirits in the circumstances but utterly disappointed to have to postpone our imminent shows due in March & April. Ticket refunds will be available at source but we truly hope you will keep your tickets & make it to the new dates which we will be announcing as soon as they are scheduled.
Regarding shows already booked for June-November this year, we understandably have to wait a short while to see how quick Blaze’s recovery will be, so please stay tuned & meanwhile most importantly we’re sure you will join us in wishing him a complete & speedy recovery.
Blaze misses you, cannot wait to regain full health & see you all again.
Every Storm Ends… ‘your heart will heal’
Thank you so much everyone for your understanding & support.
Mark Appleton & Christopher Appleton (management / bookings)
In a recent interview with Metal Pilgrim, former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley said that he’s still in a good relationship with Iron Maiden.
Here’s what the singer said:
“I don’t think too much about those times and what those guys doing. I’d go and see the guys when I can and I went to see Steve and the British lion looking really really good. I went to see the guys last time they did Download Festival here in the UK. I went to see them.
”So we are still friends and there are no hard feelings. I was treated very well by the guys when I left the band and I’ve always been friends with Bruce before Iron Maiden. Bruce was a bit of a Wolfsbane fan and we met up before when I was in Iron Maiden.
‘‘Bruce Dickinson was very supportive and after made him with my solo career with my ‘The Man Who Would Not Die’ album had his own radio show and got me on there.”