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Alexi Laiho hospitalised

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Children of Bodom were forced to cancel a show in Nashville last night, and reports are stating that frontman Alexi Laiho has been taken to hospital.

Children of Bodom were forced to cancel a show in Nashville last night, and reports are stating that frontman Alexi Laiho has been taken to hospital.

The band just finished their run with the 2013 Mayhem Festival and were playing a few more shows in North America before heading to Europe and Asia later this year.

So far no official statement on Laiho's current state has been released, but he was admitted to a Norwegian hospital last year and has apparently been cutting down on drinking for health reasons. Although it cannot be confirmed whether drinking was the cause of last year's hospitalisation or this most recent one.