Mercyful Fate

While the coronavirus has caused all tours to be cancelled through the spring if not early summer, there were long-awaited and rare events that nobody saw coming in the first place that were suddenly cut short — most notably reunions — that fall into their own special subcategory of ”this sucks.”

”My healing is slower than anticipated, and I’ve been advised to ‘forego air travel until his healing stablizes and additional risks are minimized,’” he writes.

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”I just found out that I lost one of my dearest friends, who has been fighting cancer for a long time, in such an incredibly brave way,” King Diamond wrote, confirming the news.

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Not only are Mercyful Fate playing their first shows in 20+ years in 2020 (in Europe at least), frontman King Diamond is also releasing a new album in 2020 and going on a North American tour this fall…

”…believe me I will fight everything I can to be ready. It’s my big dream to be on stage again playing the old Mercyful Fate numbers in front of all of you very loyal fans,” Timi writes.

Frontman King Diamond revealed that the legendary Mercyful Fate will play their first show since 1999 at hometown festival Copenhell in 2020, and more dates after that…

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