Sänger und Bassist Niilo Sevänen von Insomnium fällt auf der kommenden Nord Amerika Tour auf Grund eines Schweren Krankheitsfalls in der Familie aus. Um welche Krankheit es sich handelt wurde nicht bekannt gegeben nur das die Genesung wenn alles gut läuft 2 Jahre andauern kann. Niilo wird aber weiterhin an Insomuim Material arbeiten und bis auf weiteres Live von Mike Bear vertreten.
Greetings from Niilo:
Dear friends,
Most of you know the news already. Saturday Aug 1st my whole life changed in a heartbeat. My family is now fighting a terrible illness and I've spent the past week in a hospital. This is a long battle that will last more than two years if everything goes well. Thanks to the wonderful Finnish health care system we've had a good start and I'm positive that we will win this in the end.
Due to these tragic events I can't be with my best friends when Insomnium is starting the North American tour. Some of you might be dissappointed that you are not seeing the real line-up, or meet us all in meet & greet, but believe me, no one in this world is more gutted about this situation than me. No one. Still I am really glad that the tour is not cancelled and the resilient Markus Duo has so much willpower that they want to do the tour despite all these hardships. I'm happy that we found a guy like Mike Bear to step in on a last minute to handle the bass & vocal duties. Having a phenomenal guitarist like Nick Cordle on board is also something very special.
So my friends, I encourage you to go and experience this once-in-a-lifetime special Insomnium show that will never happen again. Give all your support, respect and love to Markus H, Markus V, Mike and Nick who will give their best every night to deliver a killer show. During times like these we really need that support from all of you.
To end on a positive note: as you can see, the hospital is equipped with high-end musical instruments so I can easily compose some new material whenever there is spare time. Looking forward to getting back to normal life and touring as soon as these issues are solved. All we need is just a little patience, as Axl Rose would say.
Cheers,
Niilo
