Stone Sour Star Has Stroke

05/18/2011
. (Rock News Desk) Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga has suffered a minor stroke. The 41-year-old fell ill after the band played a show in Des Moines, Iowa, at the weekend, but he's responding well to treatment.

The band have now cancelled the six remaining shows of their current US tour in support of 2010 album Audio Secrecy.

Stone Sour say in a statement.: "It is with regret we've decided to cancel. Roy's doing great and he's expected to make a 100% recovery. We apologise to all the fans and look forward to getting back out on the road with Roy in the coming months." more on this story

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