Arkaea have dropped off of their ongoing run with Kittie, SOiL and Straight Line Stitch as a result of band frontman Jon Howard suffering from pneumonia. Howard offered the following statement on his condition:
“Unfortunately Arkaea had to leave the Kittie tour 5 shows early. I apologize to all my friends and fans who were expecting to see us perform, we’ll defiantly make it up to you very soon.
For the past week I had been pushing myself to perform with the flu and I hoped it would eventually fade away, but it got worse. Once the sickness moved into my lungs I took my ass to the clinic in Flint Michigan.
I had a chest xray and it turns out I have pneumonia. The doctor almost put me into a hospital bed I was so bad… I decided my health is the most important and I came home to rest.
A big thanks to everyone on the tour, Kittie, Soil, Straight Line Stitch, crew and the fans for making this tour such a blast! I wish it could have ended on a better note for me, but thats life sometimes.
See you again soon!”
