Opeth cancelled Sunday night's concert in Bogotá after Mikael Åkerfeldt could not get through a single song at soundcheck.
Martin Mendez put the statement out through the band's own channels, in Spanish first and then in English, which tells you who it was written for. Åkerfeldt has a virus, with fever and worse, and a doctor examined him and confirmed it. The band tried the soundcheck anyway and stopped partway into the first song.
“We are truly sorry that we cannot perform this concert, but we are only human,” the statement reads. The hope is that he recovers in time for Mexico City on Wednesday, which is the last date of the Latin American run.
That run was already the end of something larger. The band have said they will stop for a long while once it finishes, so Bogotá was not only a cancelled show but one of the last few chances to see them before the break. There is no word on a replacement date.