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X Japan Reschedule Wembley Show Due To Illness

The X Japan return has been put on hold while guitarist Pata recovers.

X Japan Reschedule Wembley Show Due To Illness

Returning metal legends X Japan have been forced to cancel their upcoming Wembley Arena show due to a serious illness.

Guitarist Pata is recovering from a life threatening illness which included a blood clot. The illness saw him rushed to an intensive care unit in a Tokyo Hospital on January 15. After much consideration X Japan have decided to postpone their Wembley Arena show on March 12 to March 4, 2017 with all original tickets being honoured.

On top of that, the band have also postponed the release of their upcoming album which was set to drop on March 11. The date has yet to be confirmed but we’ll bring you that news once we have it. We would like to wish Pata a speedy recovery.

X Japan broke the news through their official Facebook page, check it out below.

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