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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

Matt Corby: ‘I still have bad dreams about this one gig’

Matt Corby with wavy brown hair and beard wearing a dark ribbed sweater stands against a graffitied wall
Matt Corby’s Tragic Magic tour of Australia runs from 3 June. Photograph: Maclay Heriot

Is it true you once dislocated your vocal fold while you were singing on stage?

It’s still dislocated! One side of the two muscles that move your vocal folds is just like [clicks tongue and gestures to the side]. I felt it click in my throat! Yeah, it was bad. I remember the show. I knew something was wrong but I just kept singing for probably a year afterwards. Every now and then I’d go and see an ENT specialist and they’d take a look. The first one said, “Your vocal fold is dislocated – we rarely see this. How are you singing?” I said, “I don’t know, it seems kind of fine to me!” When I warm up, it starts to go back into place. It is a bit odd!

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