{"id":2444486,"date":"2019-05-22T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocksound.tv\/news\/read\/atreyus-upcoming-uk-europe-tour-will-be-going-ahead-without-vocalist-alex-v"},"modified":"2019-05-22T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:26:00","slug":"atreyus-upcoming-uk-europe-tour-will-be-going-ahead-without-vocalist-alex-varkatzas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/atreyus-upcoming-uk-europe-tour-will-be-going-ahead-without-vocalist-alex-varkatzas\/","title":{"rendered":"Atreyu\u2019s Upcoming UK + Europe Tour Will Be Going Ahead Without Vocalist Alex Varkatzas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wishing Alex a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Atreyu <\/strong>are about to head to the UK for Slam Dunk and a European tour following that, but they’ll be one man down.<\/p>\n

Resident screamer for Atreyu Alex Varkatzas has had to withdraw from the band’s upcoming tour commitments due to a health issue.<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram, Alex shared that a previous injury which saw him hospitalized has been aggravated “Just about 2 weeks before the Spring Invasion tour I severely aggravated a damaged disc in my back at L5-Sl, giving horrible muscle spasms & limiting my ability to walk, go to the bathroom, basically fucks everything. I was briefly hospitalized last year for this same thing & unable to walk for several days, followed by a week on a walker”.<\/em><\/p>\n

He continued “An MRI showed a bulging disc at L5-S1 that was a little worse than last year & revealed a surprise inguinal hernia. I was able to start physical therapy for my back right away but was unable to start on hernia. I was given an Oral steroid the day before I left for tour & started to barely feel ok after a few days. I was advised to take it easy or I would create further issues. After flying home I\u2019ve been in constant agony. I would be lying to you if I said it wasn\u2019t taking its toll on me mentally as well.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“My brothers in Atreyu will rock on without me this run. It will be a very special, one of a kind experience with Brandon up front & Porter screaming!” <\/em>he concluded.<\/p>\n

Check out Alex’ full post below:<\/p>\n

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There is no easy way to say this, but I am very sorry that I will not be able to join Atreyu on this upcoming European tour. At this point my body & mind need to heal in order for me to continue with all the things we have planned for 2019. I owe you all an explanation. It will be lengthy… Just about 2 weeks before the Spring Invasion tour I severely aggravated a damaged disc in my back at L5-Sl, giving horrible muscle spasms & limiting my ability to walk, go to the bathroom, basically fucks everything. I was briefly hospitalized last year for this same thing & unable to walk for several days, followed by a week on a walker. After this last injury before the Spring Invasion tour, my back never stopped aching & I started to suffer some pains in the lower abdominal\/manly region ?. An MRI showed a bulging disc at L5-S1 that was a little worse than last year & revealed a surprise inguinal hernia. I was able to start physical therapy for my back right away but was unable to start on hernia. I was given an Oral steroid the day before I left for tour & started to barely feel ok after a few days. I was advised to take it easy or I would create further issues. After flying home I\u2019ve been in constant agony. I would be lying to you if I said it wasn\u2019t taking its toll on me mentally as well. It was very hard to accept & tell the guys in the band that my doctors advised me to not make the trip & take care of my body. My brothers in Atreyu will rock on without me this run. It will be a very special, one of a kind experience with Brandon up front & Porter screaming! I have an upcoming epidural, therapy & a follow up appointment to discuss the impending possibility of hernia surgery before Disrupt. I\u2019m terribly sorry & thank you for the faith in our band. a HUGE, I\u2019m sorry to: Slam Dunk Fest, FortaRock, Rock Im Park, Rock Am Ring & the rest of the promoters. Finally to anyone who was looking forward to see me perform with the band on this run. I know you are disappointed & all I can do is offer my sincerest apologies & fully explain the situation. Something I normally wouldn\u2019t like to do. So there it is. I wish my brothers in Atreyu a safe & fun tour.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wishing Alex a speedy recovery. Atreyu are about to head to the UK for Slam Dunk and a European tour following that, but they’ll be one man down. Resident screamer for Atreyu Alex Varkatzas has had to withdraw from the band’s upcoming tour commitments due to a health issue. Taking to Instagram, Alex shared that a previous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 14:13:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}