Underoath Keyboardist to Sit Out European Tour

by | Apr 11, 2011

Underoath keyboardist Chris Dudley will sit out the band’s European tour due to “family situations.”

“I know ‘family situations’ is rather vague, but the long short of it is that me and my wife recently welcomed our 2nd daughter into the world,” Dudley comments. “Her due date was drastically close to the beginning of this tour, so in talking to the rest of the dudes about it I decided that I need to sit this tour out to be at home with my family. With my wife recovering, my daughter not even out of the hospital yet and our 2 year old at home, it was the decision that had to be made.”

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