Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has announced that he’s contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated.
Bach reports feeling “completely fine” despite a recent positive test following a series of fly-in live performances. So-called “breakthrough infections” have been attracting media attention lately although they remain rare. The three vaccines available in the U.S. remain tremendously effective against preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death even though the new Delta variant of the coronavirus has proved more capable of infecting vaccinated people (97% of hospitalizations consist of unvaccinated people).
Bach posted a video message on social media on Friday, August 6, explaining (in part):
“If you’re wondering why I’m by myself wearing a mask, I guess it’s time to let you guys know I have been diagnosed and have tested positive for Covid. Yes, it’s true. But I have to tell you that I feel totally great. [Laughs] I’m fully vaccinated. I was given the vaccine — the J&J [Johnson & Johnson], one shot and done — back in March. But I guess Covid wasn’t done.”
Bach then went on to list the places he’d been on a run with his band where he suspects he may have become infected, including airports in Las Vegas, NV, Dallas, TX, Fort Smith, AK, Tulsa, OK, Nashville, TN, Smyrna, TN, Beaver Dam, KY, Owensboro, KY, the various airplanes he rode on between those places, and the shows themselves.
Bach is scheduled to tour North America this fall for a 30th anniversary celebration of Skid Row’s Slave to the Grind. Dates:
Sep. 25 – Waterloo, NY – The Vine at Del Lago Casino* [tickets]
Oct. 01 – Grapevine, TX – Glass Cactus [tickets]
Oct. 03 – Cedar Park, TX – Haute Spot [tickets]
Oct. 05 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom [tickets]
Oct. 07 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live [tickets]
Oct. 09 – San Antonio, TX – Tierra Sagrada Rockfest* [tickets]
Oct. 12 – Hopewell, VA – Beacon [tickets]
Oct. 13 – Bristol, TN – Paramount Center [tickets]
Oct. 15 – New York, NY – Sony Hall [tickets]
Oct. 16 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage [tickets]
Oct. 17 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony [tickets]
Oct. 19 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place [tickets]
Oct. 20 – Middletown, NY – Orange County Fair Speedway Arena [tickets]
Oct. 22 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live [tickets]
Oct. 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts [tickets]
Oct. 25 – Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27 [tickets]
Oct. 26 – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre [tickets]
Oct. 29-Nov. 3 – Miami, FL – Kiss Kruise* [tickets]
Nov. 06 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room [tickets]
Nov. 07 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live [tickets]
Nov. 09 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse [tickets]
Nov. 10 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl [tickets]
Nov. 12 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom [tickets]
Nov. 13 – Cleveland, OH – MGM Northfield [tickets]
Nov. 14 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts [tickets]
Nov. 17 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection [tickets]
Nov. 18 – Ft. Wayne, IN – The Clyde [tickets]
Nov. 19 – Detroit, MI – Harpos [tickets]
Nov. 21 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre [tickets]
Nov. 27 – Denver, CO – Gothic [tickets]
Nov. 29 – Billings, MT – Pub Station-Ballroom [tickets]
Nov. 30 – Great Falls, MT – The Newberry [tickets]
Dec. 02 – Suquamish, WA – Clearwater Casino [tickets]
Dec. 03 – Portland, OR – Aladdin [tickets]
Dec. 06 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall [tickets]
Dec. 11 – Blue Lake, CA – Blue Lake Casino [tickets]
Dec. 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda [tickets]
Dec. 17 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues [tickets]
*no support