Professionally filmed footage of Thrice covering The Beatles‘ “Helter Skelter” at last months’ “Area 4 Festival” in Lüdinghausen, Germany can be found below:

Thrice have decided to forge ahead with their summer touring plans, band drummer Riley Breckenridge issued the following statement on the matter:

“Since the situation with Dustin’s Dad arose and we had to cancel the remainder of our tour with Manchester Orchestra and O’Brother, there have been many questions regarding the status of our summer headline tour. Today we got word from Dustin that he’s good to go, and as a result, we will be continuing with our plans to do that tour in it’s entirety.

It has been an indescribably difficult seven months for all of us. In September, my and Ed’s Dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in his throat and tongue and has since undergone seven weeks of chemo and radiation, and a major surgery three weeks ago to remove the remaining tumors. No more than two weeks after my Dad’s diagnosis in September, Teppei’s Mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, and passed away in January. And most recently, Dustin’s Dad’s diagnosis and surgery last week. It’s just been relentless.

We really appreciate the support, positive thoughts, and understanding you’ve shown us in person or via the comments on this blog as we’ve dealt with all of this and had to play shows without Teppei late last year & this January, or cancel this past tour. Thankfully, at this time we can focus on healing our folks at home while we share music with you on the road. I don’t think they’d want it any other way.

So with that said, we’ll see you guys this Summer. Tour dates and tickets are available here, with more dates being announced soon. Keep sending positive thoughts and/or prayers in the the direction of Mr. Kensrue and my Pops, and hold fast hope.”

Dates for the trek run as follows:

June 03rd San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
June 04th Portland, OR – The Hawthorne Theater
June 05th Seattle, WA – The King Cat Theater
June 07th Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
June 08th Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
June 09th Saskatoon, SK – Louis’ Pub

With Bad Veins and The Dig:

June 11th St. Paul, MN – Station 4

With Kevin Devine, Bad Veins and The Dig:

June 12th Chicago, IL – House of Blues
June 13th Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall (no The Dig)
June 15th Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
June 16th Montreal, QC – Le National
June 17th Boston, MA – House of Blues
June 18th New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
June 19th Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
June 21st Lancaster, PA – Chameleon
June 22nd Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Café
June 23rd Philadelphia, PA – The Trocadero
June 24th New York, NY – The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
June 25th Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
June 26th Towson, MD – The Recher Theatre

Thrice have announced a new summer headlining our with Kevin Devine, Bad Veins and The Dig appearing as support on select stops, here’s how the schedule looks:

With Kevin Devine:

June 03rd San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom
June 04th Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
June 05th Seattle, WA – King Cat Theater
June 07th Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
June 08th Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
June 09th Saskatoon, SK – Louis’ Pub

With Bad Veins and The Dig:

June 11th St. Paul, MN – Station 4

With Kevin Devine, Bad Veins and The Dig:

June 12th Chicago, IL – House of Blues
June 13th Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall (no The Dig)
June 15th Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
June 16th Montreal, QC – Le National
June 17th Boston, MA – House of Blues
June 18th New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
June 19th Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
June 21st Lancaster, PA – Chameleon
June 22nd Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Café
June 23rd Philadelphia, PA – The Trocadero
June 24th New York, NY – The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
June 25th Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
June 26th Towson, MD – The Recher Theatre

Thrice and Manchester Orchestra will be heading out on a co-headlining run in April with O’Brother as support. Dates for the trek can be found below:

April 14th Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
April 15th Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
April 16th New Orleans, LA – The Howlin Wolf
April 17th Oxford, MS – The Lyric Oxford
April 18th Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre
April 20th Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
April 21st Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
April 22nd Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
April 23rd St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
April 24th Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
April 25th Des Moines, IA – People’s Court
April 27th Vermillion, SD – Eagle’s Club Room
April 29th Billings, MT – The Railyard
May 01st Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
May 03rd Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
May 04th Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
May 07th Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
May 09th Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre

Thrice guitarist/keyboardist Teppei Teranishi will be missing the bands impending UK tour. He will be temporarily replaced by Nate Patterson of The Dear Hunter on the trek. Teranishi offered the following statement about his recent absence from the band in a live capacity:

“Hey people,
I regretfully won’t be able to make it to the UK with the rest of the band for this upcoming run. As most of you who keep up with us know, I had to fly home for a few days during our last headline run due to a “family emergency”. I guess I never actually explained what was going on…my mom was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in September and her condition took a turn for the worse during the tail end of that tour.

Since then, her condition continued to decline and she had been living in our house with my wife and two kids, receiving hospice care for the last month or so. She finally passed away several days ago which is why I won’t be able to leave for the tour. There’s a whole lot of things involved in wrapping up a person’s life, not to mention I really need to be here for my family, especially my kids, who lost their beloved “baba”.

It has been an absolutely insane couple months for my family and I, but I’m glad that we were able to be there 100% for my mother and that she was able to leave this world surrounded by security and love. She was the single most important person of my life and played an integral role in my kids’ lives as well. It’s incredibly unfortunate that our time with her in this life has been cut short, but I know that she is in a much better place now and I take great comfort in that.

Thank you all very much for showing your love and support when I had to step out of the tour a couple months ago. I showed my mom all the prayers and well wishes left on the comments and it actually made her well up. I’ll be back with the guys after this tour. Oh, and our good friend Nate from The Dear Hunter will be stepping in (again) for me, this time for the whole set. A HUGE thanks to him for stepping up to the plate again. What a guy! Thanks again everyone, and I’ll see you all again soon.

I love you mom.
Teppei“

A video for Thrice vocalist/guitarist Dustin Kensrue’s solo track “This Is War” has been posted online and can be seen below.

Thrice’s new video for their track “In Exile” has premiered online and can be seen below. The video was shot with director Josh Stern (Autopilot Off).

Thrice guitarist/keyboardist Teppei Teranishi has been forced to temporarily step down from the band to attend to a family emergency. The band offered the following statement on the matter:

“Teppei had to leave the tour last night due to a family emergency, and will not be playing with us for the next few shows (and possibly the rest of the tour.) We fully understand and support his decision to do so, and hope that you’ll be understanding as well.

He started this tour knowing that this would be a possibility, and toughed it out for as long as he possibly could. Please send as many positive thoughts as you can muster in his, and his family’s direction.

The good news is that we have a few friends out here on tour who have stepped up, learned a few songs a piece, and will be joining us on stage to enable us to get through a full set, and help us get through this difficult time. The tour will continue as planned. It’ll just be a little different.

Thanks for your understanding and support during this time. We appreciate it.”