Upon This Dawning will be absent the first three dates of the ‘IX Lives Tour‘ due to an abrupt departure by their now ex-drummer Chris Deets. The band stated:
“Hello guys, we just wanted to tell you that because of our EX DRUMMER Chris Deets we won’t be able to do the first 3 shows of the IX Lives Tour. We’ll join the tour in Pittusburgh and we are so stoked to party with you guys!
Yes, Chris left the band a few days ago completely out of nowhere with a text message and blocked our numbers so we can’t reach him. This is not some “we wish him the best” kinda thing, this guy only used us to get a little bit of notoriety and then left us in a really hard situation a few days before tour.
We don’t wanna get into details and talk shit about him, we just thought he was a friend besides our drummer but turned out to be a huge disappointment as a human being. We do have a fill in drummer ready to kill it on stage though, so no worries! We can’t wait to be back in the states and hang out with you all!! See ya in a few days America!
Dani, Teo & Matty.”