High On Fire’s Matt Pike needs to have toe partially amputated

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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High On Fire are forced to cancel upcoming Speed Of The Wizard tour due to a medical emergency affecting vocalist and guitarist Matt Pike

High On Fire have been forced to cancel their upcoming touring commitments after a medical emergency involving vocalist and guitarist Matt Pike.

The band were due to hit the road on the Speed Of The Wizard tour with co-headliners Municipal Waste. But a message on High On Fire’s Facebook page this afternoon reports that Pike has to have a partial amputation of one of his toes and, as a result, they're off the tour.

The message reads: “High On Fire will not participate in the 2018 Speed Of The Wizard tour. The band had planned on co-headlining with Municipal Waste. The band has provided a statement: 

“Matt has a medical emergency culminating in the partial amputation of one of his toes. The scheduling of this procedure is immediate and the recovery time will overlap our intended tour with Municipal Waste. 

“We will unfortunately be unable to participate in this tour but will be back stronger than ever in 2019!”

The tour, which also features Toxic Holocaust and Haunt will go ahead as planned.

High On Fire released their latest studio album Electric Messiah earlier this month vie eOne Music.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.