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Sum 41 tour continues, despite Whibley collapsing on stage
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 25 May 2011
Sum 41 have confirmed they are continuing with their Japanese tour, despite the band having to halt a gig last week after frontman Deryck Whibley collapsed onstage.
YouTube footage shows Whibley shortly after he collapsed, clearly in pain and writhing around the floor. However, after a short break, the frontman returned to the stage and continued with his show, and now plans to continue with the band’s tour, even though the cause of the agony isn’t clear. Whibley is quoted as saying: “My knees were quivering and I couldn’t stand… I don’t know what happened, I never had that feeling”.
Last August, the band were forced to cancel shows after Whibley sustained a slipped disc when he was attacked in a bar in Japan. Maybe he just shouldn’t go to Japan.