It’s always a shame when good meat goes bad. The rocker(Can you believe he’s 60 now?) cancelled the remaining 11 gigs in his European tour on Tuesday after being diagnosed with a cyst on his vocal cords.

Let’s hope he has a speedy recovery. Meat Loaf is one of those rare guys in the business that remains down to Earth and REAL. The statement on his website reads:

“It really breaks my heart not to be able to perform these shows. I was really looking forward to capping off a great year and celebrating the start of the holidays with the fans.”

“But I have to do what the doctors tell me so I can look forward to healing and coming back strong in 2008. Let me dispel any rumours before they start — I will be back.”

He still had 11 dates left on his Three Bats Tour, in places like Britain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Get well soon big guy. Then sing like a bat out of hell.

[Yahoo News]