Coal Chamber have postponed their upcoming U.S. headlining tour due to a serious emergency health situation for Dez Fafara, the band's lead vocalist.
In a public statement to Loudwire, Fafara said:
"With a heavy heart, let me tell you a story about life taking a turn, I’m writing to you from my bed. I’ve been running 6 miles daily, I’ve been rehearsing two hours daily in my home studio and excited to hit the road, I’m excited to get on a bus with my brothers and sister and my crew. I’ d never felt better and as you all know, I fought back hard after long haul Covid tried to kill me.
Saturday morning I woke up and I was coming up my stairs. I saw flashes in my eyes. I passed out and my wife revived me. My vitals were through the roof, and I was sheet white and vomiting, and the whole world was spinning. Anahstasia called 911. I ended up in the back of an ambulance and did nine hours in the ER testing all my vitals including taking X-rays of my heart and lungs. My doctor has advised me to get a CAT scan, and until further testing, I am on bedrest and must postpone the tour. Our agent sprung into action to rebook this tour for March 2025, and until we can figure out what the fuck medically is happening.
We will see you in March 2025 on the Fiend For The Fans Tour. This tour postponement is surreal, I was looking forward to playing with my band and connecting with fans, friends and family on the road.
I want to take a moment to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and outpouring of calls and texts checking on me. It seems like the word spread and the whole industry has been ringing my phone since Sunday; musicians, agents and managers and I really really appreciate it.
My band has been amazingly understanding and call me hourly - I thank them immensely for their caring nature.
Kiss your loved ones, no one is promised tomorrow. I’ll fight my way back to be with you all onstage you can be sure of that as well I’ll keep you all updated on my socials as to what’s going on. Apologies if this news causes you to rearrange your schedules to attend the concert with us and I want to say thank you in advance. We are all truly in the dark and I’m looking forward to finding out what’s going on. HAIL."
While both fans and Fafara's bandmates are eager for the tour to commence, it's obviously important and imperative that health and safety come first. Coal Chamber were set to kick off their month long tour alongside Fear Factory, Twiztid, Wednesday 13, and Black Satellite. The good news is that the tour is rescheduled for the spring, and all previously purchased tickets will still be honored. You can get tickets from Coal Chamber's official website.
Here are the reconfirmed dates:
March 05 - Denver, Colo. @ Summit
March 07 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ House of Blues
March 08 - Anaheim, Calif. @ House of Blues
March 09 - Tempe, Ariz. @ The Marquee Theatre
March 11 - San Antonio, Texas @ The Aztec Theatre
March 12 - Houston, Texas @ House of Blues
March 14 - Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues
March 15 - Fort Worth, Texas @ Tannerhill's Tavern & Music Hall
March 19 - Orlando, Fla. @ Hard Rock Live
March 22 - Newport, Ky. @ Mega Corp. Pavillion
March 23 - Columbus, Ohio @ Kemba Live
March 25 - Norfolk, Va. @ NorVa
March 28 - Sayreville, N.J. @ Starland Ballroom
March 29 - Harrisburg, Pa. @ HMAC
March 30 - Boston, Mass. @ Big Night Live
April 04 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Roxian Theater
April 05 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Agora Ballroom
April 09 - Ft. Wayne, Ind. @ Piere's Entertainment Center
April 11 - Flint, Mich. @ The Machine Shop
April 12 - Flint, Mich. @ The Machine Shop
April 13 - Chicago, Ill. @ Concord Music Hall
April 15 - Sauget, Ill. @ Pop's
April 16 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ The Rave
April 18 - Maplewood, Minn. @ Myth Live
