Escape The Fate Post Statement About Backing Out Of European Tour

November 9th, 2013

Kriston McConnell

We recently reported that the founder of Warped Tour, Kevin Lyman, had called out Escape The Fate for their reason behind canceling their upcoming European tour. The band stated they canceled due to Craig Mabbitt’s girlfriend having their baby, while Lyman claimed that was not the case. The band has now released a statement directly from Mabbitt in hopes to clarify why they had to drop off this most recent tour.

In his statement, Mabbitt indicates there were a number of factors that contributed to the decision, and one of them was definitely because of complications with his girlfriend’s pregnancy. You can read the entire statement by taking a look below the jump.

Dear fans of Escape The Fate:

As many of you know, we had to cancel our upcoming European Warped tour and European headlining dates with Chiodos. This was not a decision we took lightly nor wished to make. The fact is that Escape The Fate has had a number of challenges recently – with Monte and Michael, with those in whose trust we previously placed our business and with our families. But all of these challenges are currently being overcome so Escape The Fate can continue to be a band for many years to come – and to be the best band we can be so this never happens again.

It is true that there were many factors that contributed to our inability to do the tour but after it became clear that my girlfriend was facing continued complications with the birth of our son, I had to make the decision to be with her. I’m still at the hospital as I write this, and am happy to report we now have a healthy baby boy!

Nothing is more important to us than our fans and we intend to make it up to all of you. 2013 has been a difficult year for us, but we are confident that we are now poised to make 2014 the best year we’ve ever had. Your support is so appreciated and means more than you can ever know.

Craig