SHAKRA Forced To Cancel Tour
February 5, 2008Swiss hard rockers SHAKRA have been forced to cancel their previously announced tour as a result of singer Mark Fox coming down with laryngitis. "Due to Mark's [illness], we couldn't even think about playing a show or rehearsing for the tour, so we thought it's the best decision to cancel the upcoming tour dates," the group said in a statement. We are sorry about this and we will keep everyone updated regarding new tour dates."
SHAKRA released its sixth album, "Infected", in the U.S. on September 11, 2007 via Locomotive Records.
Ever since its promising 1998 self-titled debut, SHAKRA has stayed true to its classic hard rock approach. The 1999 "Moving Force" follow-up saw the band tour with GREAT WHITE and URIAH HEEP. The breakthrough, though, came with 2001's "Power Ride" when vocalist Mark Fox replaced the ailing Pete Wiedmer. And Fox's imprint was all over 2003's "Rising" (the band's first to land on both the Swiss and German album charts).
Still, SHAKRA, more than anything else, is a live band. Its 2005 appearance at the prestigious Bang Your Head!!! open-air festival was a cause for celebration. That year's fall (resulting in SHAKRA's debut on the album chart in Switzerland) featured the hit single "Chains of Temptation", the video of which caused controversy when singer Fox was seen in the clip giving himself a heroin injection.
Watch SHAKRA's "Rising High" video:
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