Corey Taylor has introduced he has cancelled his North American tour.

The lead vocalist of Slipknot was because of embark on a solo tour this yr, the place he was because of go to cities akin to Toronto, New York, and Atlanta. Nevertheless, the singer took to social media at present (January 5) to say he was cancelling his exhibits because of well being causes.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I announce the cancellation of my upcoming North American tour,” he wrote. “For the previous a number of months my psychological and bodily well being have been breaking down, and I reached a spot that was unhealthy for my household and I.

“I do know this choice will come as a shock to some and could also be thought to be unpopular by others – however after taking a tough have a look at the place I’m and the place I used to be going, I want to drag myself again and be house with my household in the meanwhile. These of you who purchased tickets and VIP packages for this upcoming run will get a full refund.

“I ship my like to the followers, my band, my household & buddies, and everybody who’s helped me get right here up to now,” he continued. “I promise I’m doing all the pieces I can to be as wholesome as I might be. Till then, my apologies to everybody we’d have seen on the tour – and hopefully we’ll see you once more down the road.”

Taylor has beforehand opened up about his battle with PTSD in an interview with NME. His second solo document ‘CMF2‘ contained a tune referred to as ‘Submit Traumatic Blues’, which handled Corey’s expertise with situation.

“It was a type of songs that I didn’t wish to simply be about me and my experiences – I needed it to be a bridge between people who find themselves coping with PTSD and the people who find themselves desperately attempting to know the nuances of what folks should undergo,” he mentioned. “It’s one of many explanation why it tears households aside and went so undiagnosed for therefore a few years – we by no means recognised the rainbow of signs and points that include it.”

In the meantime, Slipknot introduced a twenty fifth anniverary tour within the UK and Europe for this yr, which remains to be going forward. The band will go to cities akin to Amsterdam, Munich, Paris, London and Manchester – get tickets to the UK exhibits right here and see under for remaining Slipknot dates.

Slipknot’s 2024 UK and European tour dates are:

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5 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
6 – Dortmund, Germany, Westfalenhalle
8 – Stuttgart, Germany, Schleyerhalle
9 – Leipzig, Germany, Quarterback Immobilien Enviornment
11 – Zürich, Switzerland, Hallenstadion
12 – Paris, France, Accorhotel Enviornment
14 – Leeds, UK, First Direct Enviornment
15 – Glasgow, UK, OVO Hydro
17 – Manchester, UK, Co-op Dwell Enviornment
18 – Birmingham, UK, Utilita Enviornment
20 – London, UK, O2 Enviornment

In different information, Taylor introduced he’s engaged on a movie rating. While he didn’t reveal the identify of the movie, he mentioned: “I can’t let you know which one it’s. I’ve been sworn to secrecy, and I’m really saying greater than I may. It’s not an enormous film, nevertheless it’s a film that I used to be concerned with, that I used to be in a position to be in.

He added: “I’m actually excited. It’s gonna be my first time scoring a film. So I’m actually excited, dude. It’s one thing I’ve needed to do for a very long time. And I’m actually excited to get right down to it.”

The frontman additionally denied rumours that Slipknot had discovered a brand new drummer following the information of Jay Weinberg leaving the band.

In response to Jeramie Kling, a former drummer for Venom Inc, seemingly teasing on social media that he is perhaps Slipknot’s new masked drummer, Taylor wrote: “To everybody questioning about our new drummer… It’s not him. Cease letting him troll you. He’s not even on the listing.”