Giraffe Tongue Orchestra Cancel Debut US Tour Due To Injury
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Written by Jon Stickler
Giraffe Tongue Orchestra have been forced to cancel their debut US tour after Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds broke his leg.
Hinds, who reported last week that he'd suffered the injury while kick-starting his motorcycle, was supposed to hit the road with bandmates William DuVall of Alice In Chains, Ben Weinman of the Dillinger Escape Plan, Pete Griffin of Deathklok and former The Mars Volta drummer Thoman Prigden today, November 29. The band confirmed the news with a statement posted to their official Facebook page:
"We can’t do our debut tour without our guy. In our view this is a ‘go all-out or don’t go at all’ situation – so we had to make the very tough call to cancel.
"No words can convey how sorry we are to everyone who was planning on attending these shows, just as no words can express how much we were looking forward to bringing the songs from 'Broken Lines' to you live.
"Aside from his broken leg, Brent is okay. He will hopefully make a full recovery soon, and we’ll all live to fight another day.
"Our goal becomes carving out our next opportunity to play. We’ll let you know as soon as we know. Until then, keep jamming 'Broken Lines'."
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