Australian progressive metalcore band Polaris have tapped Miss May I/ex-As I Lay Dying bassist/vocalist Ryan Neff to fill-in on their upcoming North American touring. That lineup switch came about as Polaris‘ own bassist/vocalist Jake Steinhauser was forced to stay home to attend to some health issues within his family. Polaris announced the news yesterday, April 13th, stating on their social media:
“Polaris friends and family, we are so excited to finally be back across the pond to support @electriccallboy on the TANZNEID NORTH AMERICA TOUR! We’ve very much missed partying with our American brothers and sisters, and we are counting on you to welcome us back with open arms and loud voices!
Unfortunately our brother @jakesteinhauser has had to make the difficult decision to stay home for this run in order to be present for his family during some health concerns, which is something we fully support. With that said, we are very lucky to have our good friend @whosryanneff of @missmayiband stepping up to fill his shoes on bass and vocals for these shows.
We will miss having Jake on stage with us, but we are very confident to be in safe hands with Ryan lending his expert talents to our camp for this run around his home country. We know you’ll make him feel welcome in the Polaris family and we can’t to bring you some killer sets. See you soon!”
As stated by the group above, this new run with Neff will see the band out across North America as support to German electronicore band Electric Callboy. That run will see ‘bimbocore’ artist Scene Queen opening and is scheduled to hit the following cities:
04/17 Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
04/19 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
04/21 Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
04/22 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
04/26 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
04/25 Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum
04/28 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
04/30 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05/02 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
05/03 Chicago, IL – Wintrust Arena
05/14 Montreal, QC – Place Bell
05/16 Toronto, ON – Coca Cola Coliseum
05/19 Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
05/20 Greensboro, NC – Special Events Center
05/22 Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center
05/23 Atlanta, GA – Coca Cola Roxy
05/25 Washington, DC – The Theater at MGM
05/26 Brooklyn, NY – Paramount
05/27 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
