Coal Chamber Singer Shares Scary Health News & Band Postpones Tour

Nu metal staples Coal Chamber were set to begin their summer/fall tour next week on a bill that featured support from Fear Factory, Twiztid, Wednesday 13 and Black Satellite. Sadly, those plans are now postponed until sometime next year due to a scary and uncertain health situation involving frontman Dez Fafara.

The singer released a statement: “With a heavy heart, let me tell you a story about life taking a turn, I’m writing to you from my bed. I’ve been running 6 miles daily, I’ve been rehearsing two hours daily in my home studio and excited to hit the road, I’m excited to get on a bus with my brothers and sister and my crew. I’ d never felt better and as you all know, I fought back hard after long haul Covid tried to kill me.”

He continued: “Saturday morning I woke up and I was coming up my stairs. I saw flashes in my eyes. I passed out and my wife revived me. My vitals were through the roof, and I was sheet white and vomiting, and the whole world was spinning. Anahstasia called 911. I ended up in the back of an ambulance and did nine hours in the ER testing all my vitals including taking X-rays of my heart and lungs. My doctor has advised me to get a CAT scan, and until further testing, I am on bedrest and must postpone the tour. Our agent sprung into action to rebook this tour for March 2025, and until we can figure out what the f*ck medically is happening. We will see you in March 2025 on the ‘Fiend For The Fans Tour’.”

“This tour postponement is surreal, I was looking forward to playing with my band and connecting with fans, friends and family on the road.”

Fafara thanked the rest of the band, their managers and fans for support adding that he would share updates as to what doctors may find. He concluded: “Apologies if this news causes you to rearrange your schedules to attend the concert with us and I want to say thank you in advance. We are all truly in the dark and I’m looking forward to finding out what’s going on. HAIL.”