Mercyful Destiny bassist Timi Hansen reveals that he’s battling most cancers
Mercyful Destiny bassist Timi Hansen has revealed that he’s battling most cancers in an announcement posted by way of the Fb web page of frontman King Diamond’s spouse, Livia Zita-Bendix. Yesterday it was introduced that Mercyful Destiny would reunite for an unspecified variety of reveals throughout Europe in 2020, however with Armored Saint’s Joey Vera standing in for Hansen on bass.
“There are numerous questions on why I gained’t seem as a part of the Mercyful Destiny reunion in 2020,” Hansen stated within the assertion. “The sincere rationalization is just that I’m at present preventing a combat towards most cancers. However consider me I’ll combat the whole lot I can to be prepared.”
He added, “It’s my massive dream to be on stage once more taking part in the outdated Mercyful Destiny numbers in entrance of all of you very loyal followers. If this wasn’t going to occur, I’d prefer to ask you to take excellent care of Joey Vera. I completely agree with King that he’s an ideal ‘stand in’, so take excellent care of him.”
The Mercyful Destiny reunion, which is able to mark the legendary Danish metallic band’s first reveals in additional than 20 years, will characteristic the band’s 9 album lineup of guitarists Hank Shermann and Mike Wead, drummer Bjarne T. Holm, frontman King Diamond, and Vera instead of Hansen. Nevertheless, the tour will see the band taking part in materials from the primary three releases — the Mercyful Destiny EP, Melissa, and Don’t Break the Oath — and brand-new songs written in that type.
“We requested Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning) to fill in as a result of he has a really distinctive type and sound taking part in along with his fingers, very similar to that of Timi Hansen,” the band commented in yesterday’s assertion.
So far, solely a June 17th, 2020, look at Copenhell Pageant in 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been confirmed.
