Motorhead were forced to cut short their appearance at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany after lead singer Lemmy became unable to continue.

The band have previously been forced to cancel a stint of shows over fears towards Lemmy’s health.

In June it was revealed that Lemmy had a haematoma which meant that Motorhead had to cancel the rest of their summer dates at the time including the Wacken festival but they later announced: “In the face of cancelation reports and other gossip, Motörhead is delighted to announce it will headline Germany's Wacken Festival (the biggest metal fest in the world) for 85,000 fans on Friday August 2nd. The band look forward to comprehensively kicking everyone's ass, just as they always do.”

The band managed to play six songs of their set where Lemmy was described as “not being able to play well” and had extended breaks between songs.

After the sixth song, Lemmy was forced to leave the stage and was unable to return.

No official statement has yet been made about how Lemmy is following the incident.

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