“Neither James NOR Bruce are gonna suck your dick for this, LOVE!”
Paramore’s Hayley Williams has blasted internet trolls for attacking her after postponing upcoming shows while recovering from a lung infection.
Williams released a statement on the band’s Discord account after pushing back a few dates on their current This Is Why tour, including dates in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and Salt Lake City. “In all seriousness, this past week has been really tough. Nobody would know this but I started getting sick in Houston (non-contagious) and muscled my way through LA.”
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“Touring is different at 34 than it was at 16, when leaving home felt like the greatest escape,” she explains. “At this age, I have my own home life, a community, a dog, my sisters and the rest of my family who are getting older… Alf and I go on neighborhood walks with my elderly neighbor and her dog. It’s quite a lot to leave behind.”
Following the statement, Paramore returned to the road, playing two shows in Tulsa (July 29) and St. Louis (July 30). After the band’s brief hiatus, the frontwoman took to social media yesterday (July 31) to share criticism she received from ‘internet bros.’
Williams shared a screenshot of one social media message that showed a man asserting that Metallica and Iron Maiden bandmembers still “manage” to tour, “all of whom are much older than you love.”
She fired back: “Neither James NOR Bruce are gonna suck your dick for this, LOVE,” referring to the respective lead vocalists for Metallica and Iron Maiden.
Similarly, another commenter compares the situation to Dave Grohl falling off the stage in 2015 and said, “Hayley Williams gets sick and cancel multiple gigs and bitches about how hard it is at 34…Dave fucking Grohl, falls off stage, breaks his leg, and returns to finish the set in a wheelchair at 50 odd years of age….she’s a whiney hypocrite cunt.”
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In response to the misogynist’s tweet, she stated: “I have a lung infection you soft shit! Not a broken limb. One you can sing with for 2 hours, another you can’t. But worry not! The shows weren’t cancelled, they were merely postponed for a week. Maybe you should come out to one of them…like Dave did.”
In a longer statement, Williams adds: “Internet bros have been pressed by my proximity to rock music and all its subgenres since 2005. The only thing that’s changed is the platform on which they spew their ignorance.
“Don’t think for a second your fav bands – metal or punk or otherwise – endorse your weird incel ass lifestyle.”
“So many of these bands have stood side stage at our shows and treat us with respect. Why? Because they aren’t threatened by a strong woman front a great band in a completely diff genre of music.”
Bravo, Hayley! Bravo!!
