Spineshank’s Jason Hager leaves tour early to deal with mental and physical health issues

spine shank Guitarist (former Chimera member) Jason Hager To commemorate the band’s 25th anniversary, they have announced that they will be withdrawing from the currently ongoing “Nu Metal Sucks” tour. The height of insensitivity.

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05/23 Lakewood, Ohio @ Mercury Music Lounge
05/24 Columbus, Ohio @ King of Crabs
05/26 Louisville, Kentucky @ Mercury Ballroom (No Primer 55)
05/27 Joliet, Illinois @ The Forge
05/28 Belvidere, Illinois @ Apollo Theater
05/29 Lingle, Wisconsin @ Q & Z Expo Center
05/30 Iowa City, Iowa @ Wildwood
06/01 Madison, Wisconsin @ The Annex
06/03 Wichita, Kansas @ Wave
06/04 Colorado Springs, Colorado @ Black Sheep
06/05 Denver, Colorado @ Federal Theater
06/06 Grand Junction, Colorado @ Mesa Theater

and drowning pool and Silly goose:

06/14 Donington, UK @ Download Festival
06/16 Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed
06/17 Guildford, UK @ G Live
06/18 Bexhill, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion

and Non-point:

07/23 Menaha, Minnesota @ Midsummer Music Fest
07/25 Davenport, Iowa @ Capitol Theater *
07/26 Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze *
07/28 Des Moines, Iowa @ Woolys (non-points only)
07/29 Indianapolis, Indiana @ Vogue Theater *
07/31 Wyandotte, Michigan @ District 142 ^
08/01 Lansing, Michigan @ Jackson Field (Rock Lansing) ^
08/02 Lakewood, Ohio @ Winchester ^
08/04 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania @ Sherman Theater ^
08/06 Hampton Beach, New Hampton @ Wally’s ^
08/07 Albany, NY @ Empire Live ^
08/08 Waynesboro, Virginia @ The Foundry *
08/09 Harrison, Ohio @ Blue Note *
08/11 Lexington, Kentucky @ Manchester Music Hall *
08/12 Sauger, Illinois @ Pop’s *
08/14 Lingle, Wisconsin @ Q and Z Expo Center (non-points only)
08/15 Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ The Rave II *
08/16 Kansas City, Missouri @ RecordBar *
08/18 Colorado Springs, Colorado @ Black Sheep (non-points only)
08/20 Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club *
08/21 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory *
08/22 Seattle, Washington @ El Corazon *
08/23 Portland, Oregon @ Hawthorne Theater *
08/25 Roseville, California @ Goldfield Trading Post *
08/26 San Jose, California @ The Ritz (no (hed)pe)
08/28 Pomona, California @ Glass House *
08/29 Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford *
08/30 Mesa, Arizona @ Nile Theater *
09/01 Lubbock, Texas @ Jake’s *
09/03 Austin, Texas @ Come And Take It Live *
09/04 Dallas, Texas @ Tree’s *

* = with spine shank & (head)pe
^ = earth, spine shank, with (head)pe

and orgy:

10/25 UK Grimsby @ Yardbirds $
10/27 Glasgow, UK @ The Garage ^
10/28 Newcastle, UK@Digital ^
10/29 Bradford, UK @ Nightrain ^
10/24 Nottingham, UK @ Rock City %
10/30 Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy %
10/31 London, UK @ Alexandra Palace %

$ = Oceans from other planets
^ = orgies and oceans on other planets
% = Includes Skindred and Alien Ant Farm

In a statement shared this morning, Saturday, May 23, Hager said he is dealing with mental and physical health issues and needs to focus on addressing them.

The statement read:

Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, I will not be able to complete the remainder of the Nu Metal Sucks tour after tonight’s show at Mercury. I am currently suffering from mental and physical health issues and need to get it under control. Otherwise, I’m no good to the band, to my family, to myself, and to all my fans. I love Spineshank and all of my band members and crew are my family and I need to be 100% every night for them and most importantly the fans. So I need to spend time getting to that point.

Thank you to everyone who has put on a great show so far! And to all the fans who come to the remaining shows, I’m so sorry that I won’t be able to join them. Tommy Jr. is a beast, and he is more than capable of containing it. I guarantee the rest of the show will be great too.

Thank you for your understanding. You haven’t seen the last of me yet.

I will be forever grateful
Jason Hager