Lillebjørn Nilsen: – He talks about cancer surgery

In a new NRK documentary about singer-songwriter Lilbjorn Nielsen (72), the singer reveals what caused Grieghallen’s 2013 meltdown.

It is revealed here that the 72-year-old was scheduled to undergo surgery for cancer before the performance.

– I asked the doctor if we could postpone my operation. I was afraid of hell. The singing star candidly said in the documentary that I should never have done that.

I knocked on several tools

The Bergen newspaper reported that Nielsen fell several times, instruments tipped over, and he finally had to walk off the stage during a concert with Gitarkameratene in 2013.

After the incident, he was called in sick and apologized for what happened in a message on Twitter.

– I’m Norwegian

“Double concert at Grieghallen yesterday. Sorry for the meltdown before the last song during the last performance. Upset stomach! But Nielsen is alive,” he wrote at the time.

After the accident and a successful operation, Nielsen was still able to return to the stage, after which he gave several concerts with the Seresta group.

The Gitarkameratene supergroup consisted of Jan Eggum (71), Halvdan Sivertsen (71), Øystein Sunde (75) and Lillebjørn Nilsen.

– I would not have done without those years with Gitarkamatereten. It was an amazing, wonderful experience,” says the latter in the new documentary.

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