The band’s unrelenting performance schedule had reportedly taken a toll on at least oneof the band’s masked men, according to the group’s label, Roadrunner Records. An unidentifiedmember of Slipknot recently collapsed at Los Angeles International Airport and was ordered byhis doctor to stay off the road and get some rest.

A message on the band’s Web site apologized for the canceled tour dates – which wouldhave run into mid-October – and said Slipknot still hoped to perform in concert at the end of thatmonth. After all, the troupe of menacing clowns is already fully prepared for Halloween.

The Web site post also said the break is allowing the group to work on songs for a newalbum.