New York, June 12:Linkin Park's Chester Bennington has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after suffering from severe back and abdominal pains. "I finally got out of the hospital over the weekend after nine days, and the doctor instructed me to rest for the next two-to-three weeks," Bennington wrote on the band's official Web site (http://www.linkinpark.com). "Right now it seems like it was some bacteria or virus that spread throughout my intestines and body, putting me in intense pain. It also would not let me eat for a week."
Linkin Park was forced to cancel 12 European dates, which Bennington hopes will be rescheduled. "I plan on playing our warm up show in Las Vegas on June 27, and ripping everyone's face off this summer on Summer Sanitarium," he said. That trek, also featuring Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, and Mudvayne, begins July 4 in Detroit.
"My doctors and nurses were amazing, and very helpful during my stay," Bennington continued. "I also wanted to say I truly appreciate the tens of thousands of get-well E-mails I got from fans. Our fans really are the best in the world."
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