Death From Above 1979 cancel tour after support band withdraw

Death From Above 1979 have cancelled the remainder of their U.S. tour.
The band, consisting of Canadian rockers Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler, have been forced to pull out of their remaining shows after their support band AWOLNATION chose to tour with Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill supergroup Prophets Of Rage instead, following their decision to extend their Make America Rage Again tour.
The duo had 16 dates left on their trek, which was due to end on 21 July (16) in Tennessee. However, on learning that AWOLNATION had cancelled, Death From Above 1979 issued a statement saying that touring without a support band would be too expensive.
“Late last week we learned that many of the dates we were scheduled to play with Awolnation were cancelled. We had nothing to do with that decision, but in turn we have decided to not participate in the remaining shows,” they said in a statement posted on their Facebook page. “As boring and/or square as it is to say, the reality is that the costs of touring are simply too high for us to endeavor on such a short run. We were excited to come play your towns and spend the summer getting weird with you.”
They added that fans will have their tickets refunded.
Instead, Death From Above 1979 will now resume shows in October (16) on a U.S. tour which also features Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Deap Vally.
Death From Above 1979, whose most recent album was 2014’s The Physical World, had no international dates planned.
AWOLNATION haven’t commented on their decision to tour with Prophets of Rage.