Alice in Chains cancels upcoming tour for drummer Sean Kinney’s health

Alice in Chains has canceled their tour after receiving sad medical information.

The band introduced their choice to name their lengthy -awaited tour on social media on Saturday due to the medical recommendation they’ve obtained in regards to the well being of drummer Sean Kinney.

“After cautious consideration and following the recommendation of medical professionals, we now have made the choice to cancel our remaining upcoming competition variations and the pinnacle of the Alice in chains,” Band’s explanation learn. “Whereas all of us needed to return to the stage, Sean’s well being is presently our prime precedence.”

The assertion didn’t specify the precise analysis of Kinney and solely shares that “the issue requires rapid consideration” and that “its lengthy -term prognosis is constructive.”

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Alice in Chains has canceled their tour after drummer Sean Kinney had skilled a medical downside. (Mat Hayward/Getty pictures for SiriusXM)

They ended the assertion by expressing their honest appreciation for the ‘understanding and help of their followers throughout this time’.

Followers of the favored rock band shortly flooded the commentary about Instagram with a superb want for Kinney, whereas she additionally praised the band to set his well being for the Tour.

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“Get nicely Sean! The stage will nonetheless be there in case you are higher and the followers too,” wrote a follower within the commentary half.

One other added: “Like to see a band that respects its members sufficient to place crucial issues first. Respect. The most effective needs to Sean.”

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Followers despatched the highway of Needs Kinney within the Instagram feedback. (Mat Hayward/Getty pictures)

The information of the cancellation comes shortly after the band had canceled their live performance within the Mohegan Solar Enviornment in Montville, Connecticut on 8 Might, after Kinney “had skilled a non-lifferring medical emergency” in the course of the sound test.

If the group had not canceled the present in Connecticut, this might have been the primary time that they carried out on stage for greater than a yr, as a result of their final present was collectively on the Sick New World Pageant in Las Vegas in April 2024.

Along with canceling their tour, additionally they cancel upcoming performances in Nashville and Atlanta, in addition to performances at varied music festivals, together with MMR*B*Q, Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville. Any further their solely deliberate efficiency over the last live performance of Black Sabbath in the UK in July, in keeping with the web site of the band.

Alice in Chains was shaped in Seattle in 1987, the place Kinney performed the drums alongside bandmates Jerry Cantrell, Mike Starr and Layne Staley. Present band members, Mike Inez and William Duvall later got here and took the place of Starr and Staley.

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The unique band included Sean Kinney, Jerry Cantrell, Mike Starr and Layne Staley. (Paul Natkin/Wireimage)

Throughout their time as a band they’ve offered greater than 30 million data worldwide, they obtained 11 Grammy nominations and have been ranked at quantity 34 on the “100 largest artists of Exhausting Rock” of VH1.

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