MICHAEL SCHENKER's personal manager, Nancy Lewis, has issued the following message at Michael's website (michaelschenkerhimself.com) in regards to recent rumors about the guitarists health. "We have just found out that a rumor that Michael is ill has circulated on the net. We have fixed the problem and express apologies to anyone who might have thought it was true. We share two of the same online accounts so both computers were hit, Michael found out he was hacked two weeks ago, I found out today. I can only feel pity for someone who would start such a cruel rumor about Michael. Ritchie Araki is a great guy, but since we have a new website, we put all posts here for other webmasters to copy. Michael is alive, well, and here in the room with us. He has many tour plans, including one possible special one, but we cannot discuss anything until it is confirmed Thank you all for your concern and we regret that people out there have nothing better to do than something like this. Thank you, Nancy Lewis - Personal Manager for Michael Schenker."