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News : In Flames guitarist pulls out of Australian tour

By on February 4, 2009

In Flames guitarist, Jesper Strömblad has pulled out of the up and coming Australian tour as he has submitted himself to a rehabilitation centre due to alcohol problems. Engel guitarist, Niclas Engelin, will be replacing him.

The following is the announcement from the band:

“As some may or may not know, Jesper has struggled for some time with alcoholic abuse, and decided to sit this one out (South America/Australia/Japan) in order to seek help and focus on rehabilitation and all that comes with it.
We all talked about it and together with Jesper we chose to ask our longtime friend Niclas Engelin, who helped us before, to complete the tour.
We are all sad that it needed to come to this, but health comes first.
Thanx for your understanding.
Jesper,Peter,Anders,Daniel & Björ”

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