Acacia Strain Forced to Cancel Tour After Van Wreck

The Acacia Strain have announced they are forced to cancel their remaining dates on the 'Persistence' tour after a severe van wreck. Members of the band are reportedly underwent treatment for minor injuries, but no one was seriously hurt in the accident. A statement posted on their Facebook page:

As you can see, we will not be able to finish our tour with Veil of Maya. We are very sorry and, again, we will make this up to you all. Please support VEIL OF MAYA, Upon A Burning Body,Volumes, and Twitching Tongues on the rest of the tour. 

Vincent Bennet commented, "Canceling tour dates is something we hate doing but we will make it up to all of you. We are all very grateful to be alive and will see you in the New Year."

If we get more information, we will update you, but for now it appears the band is Ok, get well  soon guys and be safe!  

Updates from Twitter:

vincent bennett ‏@xDIAMONDCUTx

Thank you everyone for understanding. We will be back around soon. Also thanks to everyone who wishes i died, you cant get rid of me.

Kevin boutot ‏@KevinBoutot

Thankful to be alive right now

Static X Cancel Remaining Tour Dates

With much regret, Static-X has been forced to pull off the remaining dates of their 2012 Tour, including their date at the Dirty Dog Bar on October 20th. Wayne Static must return to Los Angeles and prepare for some medical procedures to remedy problems that have been hampering his performance. Wayne relays his personal apologies:

"I'm so sorry to all my fans but I cant give you the 1000% you deserve from Static-X every night right now. Evil disco will continue in 2013. Just wait until you see whats next!!!"

Ill Nino and Emmure are continuing on with the tour, so tickets are still available for those scheduled dates.

Darkest Hour Drop Off Summer Slaughter

Darkest Hour announced yesterday that they have been forced to drop off the remainder of this year’s Summer Slaughter Tour. The band released the following statement:

“Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not be playing the remaining dates on the The Summer Slaughter Tour. Texas, you know we love you, we’ll be back soon.”

There only a couple dates left so Texas is getting the shaft, but they have always done a great job here hopefully nothing too major has affected them! In the meantime, enjoy this video instead...