According to a posting on UK singer
Blaze Bayley's (ex-
IRON MAIDEN,
WOLFSBANE) official web site,
Blaze's wife/manager
Debbie "is in critical condition in hospital following a dual brain hemorrhage last week and has not regained consciousness."
Blaze's bandmates write, "Understandably,
Blaze will be staying at bedside for the time being and we as a band are not prepared to put ourselves too far from her under these circumstances.
Due to this serious situation,
Blaze cannot appear at the Easy Rider Bike Fest [in Italy] this coming weekend and the Brazil tour must be postponed until early next year. For the time being please contact serpentheartedman@gmail.com for any business-related enquiries. Any messages of support can be sent to messagesofsupport@gmail.com — they will be forwarded directly to
Debbie and
Blaze."
Bayley and
Debbie got married on February 14, 2007 on the island of Gran Canaria.
In a May 2008 interview with
HeavyMetal.no,
Bayley stated, "I had a lot of problems with alcohol, severe depression, almost had a breakdown at the end of [the]
'Tenth Dimension' [album cycle], fucked about by the record company, totally broke, I'd spent all my money of trying to keep the band together. I was absolutely fucked. I was just about keeping going, and then I met my wife. And she'd known me... We've known each other for 18 years. 20 years.
We were apart for years, because I follow this passion for music, and
Debbie was following her passion, she was a dancer, and then she got her own hair business, and then we met again, when I was at my lowest. My wife found me, and really made me believe again, that it wasn't all my fault, it wasn't the fact that people didn't like what I was doing, it was the fact that they didn't actually know that I was doing anything at all.
So that was a big difference. So that's it. She supported it, then I had incredible support from my family, my friends, and the fans who stuck by me was just incredible. With that kind of support, and with my wife behind me, helping me sort myself out, [I got] through my drinking problems, depression and all of that."
Blaze Bayley recently spoke to
Metal Hammer TV about his time in
IRON MAIDEN and seeing the group play Twickenham on this summer's tour. Watch the chat at this location.
Blaze Bayley's new album,
"The Man Who Would Not Die", was mixed by former
WOLFSBANE guitarist
Jase Edwards at
Jase's studio in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Released on July 7 via
Bayley's own independent label (with additional licensing to various countries), the CD was engineered by
James Dunkley, produced by
Blaze Bayley and it takes
Blaze in new songwriting directions, ushering in a new phase of an already renowned career. It is also the first recorded showcase for
Blaze's new lineup.
Blaze Bayley and wife/manager
Debbie:
Blabbermouth
Qua Jul 23, 2008 11:51 am
