Today’s the first date of the lengthy North American tour of Between the Buried and Me and August Burns Red and they were going to have the support Good Tiger and The Faceless but if you were excited to see The Faceless during this round of dates, we have some bad news for you.
It appears that the tour will start without the support of The Faceless on any of the dates of the trek, including their solo shows during the off dates of the tour. Between the Buried and Me broke the news this morning via Twitter stating the following:
We are ready for tour to start today! Unfortunately, The Faceless had to drop off. Can’t wait to see you guys! pic.twitter.com/q6KrYQcPKf
— BTBAM (@btbamofficial) March 4, 2016
The Faceless addressed their issue via Facebook a few hours after the news came to light stating the following:
The Faceless has encountered a very unfortunate situation. We have decided to be 100% honest about what has happened. It would be easy for us to come up with a false excuse to cover up the truth, which is something that people have unfortunately become accustomed to when a band cancels a tour. However, we feel like we owe it to our fans to be honest.
Two days ago, we were supposed to leave for our tour with August Burns Red and Between The Buried And Me. The day before we were supposed to leave, our fill in vocalist backed out, and told us that he would not be performing with The Faceless on this tour. His other, full time band did not feel comfortable with him touring in another group, and he wanted to respect their wishes.
With this happening on such extremely short notice, it has left us with our hands tied. We have absolutely no choice but to regretfully drop off of our tour with August Burns Red, Between The Buried And Me, and Good Tiger, as well as our headlining tour with Scale The Summit, Rivers of Nihil, and Native Construct. This is a huge disappointment to us, as we were eagerly looking forward to touring with all of these amazing bands. We ask anyone that was planning on attending the BTBAM/ABR tour to still attend.
We apologize to any fans that we have disappointed. We will do our best to have our next tour routed in a way that allows us to perform in the cities that we have missed due to the cancellation of these two tours. We are going to make the best of this unfortunate situation, and use this time to complete our new album.
-The Faceless
The band has gone through many lineup changes in the past few years and that seems to be the biggest issue for the band to keep consistent touring cycle. If you still want to catch the rest of the package, you can at any of the following dates below:
Mar. 4 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Mar. 5 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Mar. 7 – Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Mar. 8 – Tampa, FL @ Jannus Landing
Mar. 9 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City
Mar. 10 – Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen
Mar. 11 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Theater
Mar. 12 – St Louis, MO @ Pageant
Mar. 14 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
Mar. 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex
Mar. 16 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
Mar. 17 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto
Mar. 18 – San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
Mar. 19 – San Bernardino, CA @ Self Help Festival | NOS Event Center
Mar. 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency
Mar. 22 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Mar. 23 – Portland, OR @ Roseland
Mar. 24 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Mar. 25 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Mar. 26 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue
Mar. 28 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
Mar. 29 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
Mar. 30 – Saskatoon, SK @ O’Brians Event Centre
Apr. 1 – Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick
Apr. 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre
Apr. 3 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
Apr. 5 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Apr. 6 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
Apr. 7 – Peoria, IL @ Limelight Eventplex
Apr. 8 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Apr. 9 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Apr. 10 – Guelph, ON @ Guelph Concert Theatre
Apr. 12 – Quebec City, QC @ Imperial
Apr. 13 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
Apr. 14 – Providence, RI @ Lupos
Apr. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Fillmore
Apr. 16 – Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
Apr. 17 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
[via Metal Injection]
