The Fate tour – their first in more than two decades – is arguably the biggest metal event of the year and one of the most notable reunions in the past decade. “It’s almost like playing with Legos,” he says as he lists the stages, smoke machines, signets and more that will give Mercyful Fate‘s upcoming tour a majestic if sinister sweep. I will miss my brothers and our crew in Mercy this fall, but I’m looking forward very much to playing with my mates in Saint again and of course seeing all of you on our fall tour.If you ever want to see Kim Bendix Petersen – better known as King Diamond – excited talk to him about the finer points of set design. Prepare yourselves to be completely blown away. I know many of you have seen the live clips on Youtube, but I promise you, this is a show you will have to see in person to believe it. Since the show must go on, I hope you will welcome my stand-in bassist for the fall tour Becky Baldwin, with your open arms, who also plans to play the Mercy music with honor and respect to our fallen brother Tim Hansen, just as I have tried to do. However, I regretfully have to sit out this upcoming Fall Tour in the USA and S. I have been asked to be a full member in the Mercyful Fate band for touring and recording their next record, and I have accepted. These Mercyful Fate shows have been some of the most incredible gigs I’ve ever been a part of. I have made new lifelong friends and have had the most amazing time this summer performing with these great musicians onstage and of course for you, the fans. Over the past 3 months I have been welcomed into the Mercyful Fate family with open arms, and this includes all of the fans. So, it pains me a great deal that I cannot be in two places at one time, because If I could, I most certainly would. Unfortunately, this schedule conflicts with my tour in the fall with Armored Saint. And so, Mercyful Fate had received a touring opportunity recently that was impossible to turn down. No thanks to the results of Covid affecting nearly every aspect of the touring industry, touring schedules have since been cancelled and moved to different times in the year. A tour I committed to in 2021 and Never You Fret, I am standing by that commitment. As most of you know, I have been promoting the tour with Armored Saint supporting WASP for almost a year now. My dear friends: As some of you have done the math and checked your calendars, you may have noticed that it appears as though I’ve scheduled myself to be on two tours at the same time this Fall. Vera's full statement on his exit from the Mercyful Fate fall tour can be read below, along with the introduction of the bassist that will be filling in for him, Becky Baldwin. The band's reunion tour got underway in Hanover, Germany in June of this year, with the group playing their first live show since 1999. Vera was initially meant to fill in for ailing Mercyful Fate bassist Timi Hansen, who had been battling cancer, but then became their full-time bassist after Hansen's death in 2019.
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