Sadly, Coal Chamber have to reschedule their “Fiend For The Fans” tour due to health issues with lead singer Dez Fafara. It was supposed to start Friday, August 23 with tour mates Twiztid, Fear Factory, Black Satellite, and Wednesday 13, but now won’t happen until 2025.
Fafara has been dealing with health issues on and off over the last few years due to recovering from long COVID. It seems like that dirty bastard has struck him again, in the most shitty of ways. He beautifully (which feels weird to say considering the situation but like, his writing was rich with detail and eloquence) summed up what happened in a lengthy social media post he shared late last week. I could paraphrase, but as an appreciator of words, I will include his opus of a post below, along with the rescheduled dates for the tour.
We hope you get better Fafara, for real.
“With a heavy heart, let me tell you a story about life taking a turn, I’m writing to you from my bed.
“I’ve been running 6 miles daily, I’ve been rehearsing two hours daily in my home studio and excited to hit the road, I’m excited to get on a bus with my brothers and sister and my crew. I’ d never felt better and as you all know, I fought back hard after long haul Covid tried to kill me.
“Saturday morning I woke up and I was coming up my stairs. I saw flashes in my eyes. I passed out and my wife revived me. My vitals were through the roof, and I was sheet white and vomiting, and the whole world was spinning. [My wife] Anahstasia called 911. I ended up in the back of an ambulance and did nine hours in the ER testing all my vitals including taking X-rays of my heart and lungs. My doctor has advised me to get a CAT scan, and until further testing, I am on bedrest and must postpone the tour. Our agent sprung into action to rebook this tour for March 2025, and until we can figure out what the fuck medically is happening. We will see you in March 2025 on the ‘Fiend For The Fans Tour.’
“This tour postponement is surreal, I was looking forward to playing with my band and connecting with fans, friends and family on the road.
“I want to take a moment to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and outpouring of calls and texts checking on me. It seems like the word spread and the whole industry has been ringing my phone since Sunday; musicians, agents and managers and I really really appreciate it. My band has been amazingly understanding and call me hourly – I thank them immensely for their caring nature.
“Kiss your loved ones, no one is promised tomorrow. I’ll fight my way back to be with you all onstage you can be sure of that as well I’ll keep you all updated on my socials as to what’s going on.
“Apologies if this news causes you to rearrange your schedules to attend the concert with us and I want to say thank you in advance. We are all truly in the dark and I’m looking forward to finding out what’s going on. HAIL.”
New tour dates:
3/05 – Denver, CO @ Summit
3/07 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
3/08 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
3/09 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre
3/11 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre
3/12 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues
3/14 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
3/15 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tannerhill’s Tavern & Music Hall
3/19 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
3/22 – Newport, KY @ Mega Corp. Pavillion
3/23 – Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live
3/25 – Norfolk, VA @ NorVa
3/28 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
3/29 – Harrisburg, PA @ HMAC
3/30 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
4/04 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theater
4/05 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
4/09 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s Entertainment Center
4/11 – Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
4/12 – Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
4/13 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
4/15 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
4/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
4/18 – Maplewood, MN @ Myth Live