Alice in Chains confirm tour cancellation after drummer suffers 'medical emergency'

Alice successful Chains announced connected Monday that they volition cancel their forthcoming circuit arsenic good arsenic immoderate festival appearances. The determination came aft a erstwhile amusement was called disconnected connected May 8 due to the fact that drummer Sean Kinney experienced aesculapian complications.

“After our soundcheck this evening astatine the Mohegan Sun Arena, Sean experienced a non-life-threatening aesculapian emergency,” the radical wrote connected X. “We unluckily person to cancel tonight’s show. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.”

Just 2 days later, the set confirmed connected Instagram that they were canceling each upcoming appearances.

“After cautious information and pursuing the proposal of aesculapian professionals, we person made the determination to cancel our upcoming festival show and the Alice successful Chains header shows,” they wrote.

“While we were each anxious to instrumentality to the stage, Sean’s wellness is our apical precedence astatine this moment. Although the contented requires contiguous attention, his semipermanent prognosis is positive.”

Kinney is 1 of the group’s past remaining founding members, alongside pb vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Layne Stanley and Mike Starr passed distant successful 2002 and 2011, respectively, and were aboriginal replaced by existent members William Duvall and Mike Inez.

The “Would?” and “Man successful the Box” set was slated to execute 4 shows crossed the United States earlier going crossed the Atlantic for 2 appearances successful Birmingham, U.K. The second would spot them connected July 5 arsenic openers successful Ozzy Osbourne’s last amusement and Black Sabbath reunion “Back to the Beginning.”

“We sincerely admit your knowing and enactment astatine this time,” the set added.

Fans were speedy to enactment the radical successful their decision. “When a member and chap set mate is sick and successful request of aesculapian care,” 1 instrumentality insisted, “the opening enactment of the connection should’ve been, ‘Without hesitation and with afloat involvement successful the well-being of our member and chap set mate…’”

Others offered their prayers and shared “get good soon” messages successful the remark conception connected the band’s post.

No further details were shared arsenic to the information of Kinney and what led to the “medical emergency.”