Avenged Sevenfold postpone 2025 South American tour: “There’s just no way I can sing like this”

Posted On September 27, 2025September 27, 2025

Avenged Sevenfold have postponed their South American tour at the very last minute due to a vocal injury suffered by singer M Shadows.

Despite being due to kick off their tour in Buenos Aires on September 25th, the band took to social media to share the unfortunate news on September 26th, a day after the first postponed show.

The post on X was accompanied by a caption that began, “With a heavy heart, and regretfully, we have to announce that due to a specific condition called a vocal fold hematoma, we have made the necessary decision to push our tour to early next year.”

It continued, “We promise to come back stronger than ever. Your tickets will still be valid for the rescheduled shows—new dates are on the way and will be announced next week.”

In the video, Shadows can be heard explaining the injury he has suffered. “Hey everyone, got some discouraging news. Gonna have to postpone the Latin American tour. I’ve got my voice in some sort of trouble,” he began.

He continued, “After Louder Than Life I got a little sick and I thought that my throat was feeling crummy from being sick. Came down to Argentina, felt like it was probably the travel, the schedule, etc. Monday and Tuesday came, I slept a bunch, didn’t feel any different so we postponed Buenos Aires. The next day, I got a bunch of sleep, woke up and I felt like something wasn’t getting better.”

After finding a doctor to talk to in Argentina, the singer got his throat scoped. He uncovered that he has a “hematoma on my left vocal fold, which is the same injury I had in 2017. In 2017, though, I decided to keep singing through it. Took a bunch of pills, and [it] ended up resulting in surgery.”

He eventually admitted that he must “make the responsible decision here and shut this down. This’ll be the last time I’m talking for a couple of weeks. Breaks my heart to have to do this, but we’re gonna reschedule these days for January.”

Shadows expressed his guilt, as most of the support bands, the crew and the equipment were already on location ready for the upcoming tour. Despite the logistical nightmare that will ensue, Shadows admitted that there’s “just no way I can sing like this.” As a result, the seven shows have all been rescheduled for January 2026.