Modern Baseball Cancel US Tour And Announce Hiatus
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Written by Jon Stickler
Modern Baseball have cancelled their upcoming spring US tour and announced a hiatus in order to care for their mental health.
The Philadelphia band, who put out 'Holy Ghost' last May, will "take a break" for a little while and focus on their "health and friendships".
Earlier this year, guitarist and vocalist Brendan Lukens announced he would sit out the band's dates across the UK and Europe in order to look after his mental and physical health. Now, fellow vocalist and guitarist Jake Ewald has released a statement through Modern Baseball's Facebook page about the band's joint decision to take some time out.
Hey everybody, Jake here. As much as it pains me to say this, we have decided to cancel our upcoming U.S. tour dates and festival appearances to take a break from Modern Baseball for a little while. If you already bought tickets for the tour, refunds will be available at point of purchase.
Over the past few months the band has become an immense source of anxiety for me, and it wasn't until I opened up to Sean, Ian, and Brendan about it that we realized we were all feeling the same way. The project we started as a source of joy and positive expression had become something that was slowly eating away at our mental health and our friendships. We have been championing the importance of mental health for a while now, and we recently realized that it would be wrong for us to ignore our own health any longer. Please know that we don't take a tour cancellation lightly, and under any other circumstances we would not even consider it an option, but in this instance we have to put our health and friendships first. You've supported us unconditionally throughout this crazy ride and we could never thank you enough. We never really learned how to do this whole "rock band" thing the right way, but you kept coming to the shows and talking to us and assuring us that we'd figure it out sooner or later. We could not have done any of this without you. Be honest with those you love and don't be afraid to lean on them when you need to. Odds are they'll need to lean on you pretty soon too.
The band were due to kick off their spring tour on March 17 in Huntington, New York, with Kevin Devine, Sorority Noise and the Obsessives in tow. Refunds are available from point of purchase.
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