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Thrice’s Teppei Teranishi Will Sit Out UK Tour

Thrice guitarist/keyboardist Teppei Teranishi will be sitting out on the band’s upcoming UK tour. He will be replaced with Nate Patterson from The Dear Hunter. Teranishi issued the following statement:

“Hey people, I regretfully won’t be able to make it to the UK with the rest of the band for this upcoming run. As most of you who keep up with us know, I had to fly home for a few days during our last headline run due to a “family emergency”. I guess I never actually explained what was going on…my mom was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in September and her condition took a turn for the worse during the tail end of that tour. Since then, her condition continued to decline and she had been living in our house with my wife and two kids, receiving hospice care for the last month or so. She finally passed away several days ago which is why I won’t be able to leave for the tour. There’s a whole lot of things involved in wrapping up a person’s life, not to mention I really need to be here for my family, especially my kids, who lost their beloved “baba”.”