Swedish progressive metallers OPETH were forced to cancel their performance last night (Monday, May 7) at The Myth in Maplewood, Minnesota after the band's guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt was rushed to the hospital to receive treatment for a cut on his head.
Mikael has now posted the following message on OPETH's official Facebook page:
"Hi guys! I'm writing from beyond the grave.
"Seriously, I was not in a car crash and I haven't broken my arm. All that happened is I hit my head in MASTODON's tour bus as I was getting a new pair of (red) underwear out from my suitcase.
"Wish the story was more rock and roll, believe me.
"Anyways, I split my head open down to the skullbone and had to be taken to the emergency. They gave me a bunch of shots in the wound, cleaned me up and stapled my head shut with 8 metal staples. Head is sore and if I smile it feels like the wound is gonna burst open again, but I'll be on stage by tomorrow again.
"I feel extremely disappointed that we couldn't play at The Myth in Minneapolis, but paramedics told me I couldn't. We will reschedule the show for our next trip to the USA. So all rumors of me being in a car crash are false. I did crash my head into a car, though, well... a bus, really.
"Sorry for disappointing our fans in Minneapolis but I hope you understand. See you next time."
It just seems weird going from ol' yankee Rhode Island to a school 5 minutes from the Mexican border. also I don't know if many concerts roll through there...
ok Alex is trying to explain this to me but im just not getting it he says his major is 'Music Business' yet ASU doesnt offer that program for a degree and he basically made his own with throwing together classes for music and classes for business along with communications or some shit from what i know, theres a certain program with preset classes for a degree, correct? i asked him what exactly his major is that he signed up for and what will it say on his degree apparently you can 'create your own' major at schools? what? someone try to explain this
ok Alex is trying to explain this to me but im just not getting it he says his major is 'Music Business' yet ASU doesnt offer that program for a degree and he basically made his own with throwing together classes for music and classes for business along with communications or some shit from what i know, theres a certain program with preset classes for a degree, correct? i asked him what exactly his major is that he signed up for and what will it say on his degree apparently you can 'create your own' major at schools? what? someone try to explain this
My major is a 'create your own'-sort of. I take all the lit courses I want and my adviser looks at my transcript and decides what my "focus" is. I take classes in a shit ton of different departments. So, I'm technically a "Slavic Literature major" though that doesn't exist really.
No clue. I'm going to be graduating with a dual degree, so I have no clue. Comparative Literature or Slavic Literature and Douglass Woman's Studies with a minor in English. Guess I'll find out next year. )
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Mikael has now posted the following message on OPETH's official Facebook page:
"Hi guys! I'm writing from beyond the grave.
"Seriously, I was not in a car crash and I haven't broken my arm. All that happened is I hit my head in MASTODON's tour bus as I was getting a new pair of (red) underwear out from my suitcase.
"Wish the story was more rock and roll, believe me.
"Anyways, I split my head open down to the skullbone and had to be taken to the emergency. They gave me a bunch of shots in the wound, cleaned me up and stapled my head shut with 8 metal staples. Head is sore and if I smile it feels like the wound is gonna burst open again, but I'll be on stage by tomorrow again.
"I feel extremely disappointed that we couldn't play at The Myth in Minneapolis, but paramedics told me I couldn't. We will reschedule the show for our next trip to the USA. So all rumors of me being in a car crash are false. I did crash my head into a car, though, well... a bus, really.
"Sorry for disappointing our fans in Minneapolis but I hope you understand. See you next time."
A photo of Mikael's "wound" can be seen below.
Only problem is it's the University of Texas in El Paso, RIGHT ON THE MEXICAN BORDER. Not sure if want.
UTEP is legit.
It just seems weird going from ol' yankee Rhode Island to a school 5 minutes from the Mexican border. also I don't know if many concerts roll through there...
he says his major is 'Music Business' yet ASU doesnt offer that program for a degree and he basically made his own with throwing together classes for music and classes for business along with communications or some shit
from what i know, theres a certain program with preset classes for a degree, correct?
i asked him what exactly his major is that he signed up for and what will it say on his degree
apparently you can 'create your own' major at schools? what?
someone try to explain this