{"id":8468,"date":"2019-09-23T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=8468"},"modified":"2019-09-23T05:04:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:04:37","slug":"get-well-soon-biff-byford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=8468","title":{"rendered":"Get well soon Biff Byford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mail-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8469 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mail-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mail-5.png 550w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/mail-5-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>It is with regret that we have to announce the rescheduling of the remaining SAXON shows in 2019. Lead Vocalist Biff Byford has been diagnosed with a heart condition that requires immediate surgery and a post op recovery period that will last into the new year.<\/p>\n<p>The shows affected are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>September 26<sup>th<\/sup>Sweden, Stockholm \u2013 Grona Lund<br \/>\nOctober 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 The Netherlands, Eindhoven \u2013 Oktober Metal Fest<br \/>\nOctober 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 UK, Glasgow \u2013 Braehead Arena<br \/>\nOctober 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 UK, London \u2013 Eventim Apollo<br \/>\nOctober 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 UK, Manchester \u2013 O2 Apollo<br \/>\nOctober 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 Germany, Dusseldorf \u2013 Mitsubishi Electric Halle<br \/>\nDecember 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u2013 Mexico, Mexico City \u2013 Forcefest<br \/>\nDecember 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u2013 Colombia, Bogota \u2013 Knot Fest<\/p>\n<p>The UK, London Eventim Apollo show has been rescheduled for\u00a0<strong>Saturday March 28<sup>th<\/sup>2020<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd UK, Manchester O2 Apollo for\u00a0<strong>Sunday March 29<sup>th<\/sup>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UK, Glasgow Braehead Arena &amp; Germany, Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle shows will be rescheduled and new dates announced as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>All existing tickets will remain valid for new dates and in the case of a required refund<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Saxon_Rockharz_2016_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8471 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Saxon_Rockharz_2016_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4088\" height=\"2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Saxon_Rockharz_2016_03.jpg 4088w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Saxon_Rockharz_2016_03-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Saxon_Rockharz_2016_03-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Saxon_Rockharz_2016_03-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Saxon_Rockharz_2016_03-1140x708.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4088px) 100vw, 4088px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with regret that we have to announce the rescheduling of the remaining SAXON shows in 2019. Lead Vocalist Biff Byford has been diagnosed with a heart condition that requires immediate surgery and a post op recovery period that will last into the new year. The shows affected are as follows: September 26thSweden, Stockholm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3491,2964,3490],"class_list":["post-8468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-biff-byford","tag-duff-press","tag-saxon","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8472,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468\/revisions\/8472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}