W.A.S.P

W.A.S.P. - Swedish Date Cut Short, Frontman Rushed To Hospital

W.A.S.P. had to abort their concert in Karlskrona, Sweden on Saturday, April 28th, after 50 minutes when frontman Blackie Lawless had pain in his chest.

The band came back on stage after about 10 minutes and did a final song, 'Blind In Texas', but after that Blackie was immediately taken to the hospital. He was released from the hospital after a few hours of observation and stood on stage in Lund, Sweden the following day.

The 51-year old frontman had problems with his heart as recently as last year.

W.A.S.P. released their new album, Dominator, in the UK on April 16th, Scandinavia on April 20th, and the rest of mainland Europe on April 27th via Demolition Records. The CD will arrive in South America and Russia in early May.

Says Lawless: "The title is from a quote from American President Abraham Lincoln when he saw the casualty reports from the battle of Gettysburg, and after reading that he said: 'Tonight the Heaven's are hung in black.' So I took that idea and I wrote it from a point of view of a US soldier in Iraq who's on the verge of dying and he's standing at the Gates of Heaven but St. Peter tells him that because of all the fighting that has been taking place, they have no more room in Heaven, and that he must come back some other time. So based on that understand that the verses are St. Peter talking, and the chorus is the soldier."

You can hear a clip of the song, by clicking here.

The final tracklisting for the album is as follows:
'Mercy',
'Long, Long Way To Go',
'Take Me Up',
'The Burning Man',
'Heaven’s Hung In Black',
'Heaven’s Blessed',
'Teacher',
'Heaven’s Hung In Black' (Reprise),
'Deal With The Devil'.

Dominator will be available on standard CD, limited edition digi-pack CD and limited edition LP.
(thanks: HardRockInfo)