Originally written by Mike Diver · 13 November 2006
Grizzly Bear have cancelled their remaining European dates - including a number in the UK - following guitarist Daniel Rossen's decision to return home to New York to tend to his ill father. The band also had their equipment stolen while in Belgium.
Rossen's father has been suffering from cancer, and his condition has taken a turn for the worse. A message on the group's website reads:
It's with sad news we have to announce the cancellation of our final 12 European dates. Daniel's father has been struggling with cancer recently, and in the past few days he's gotten increasingly worse. We were already toying with the idea of coming home early so that Daniel could be with his family… but then the straw that broke the camel's back was when our van was broken into last night in Brussels and a good amount of our instruments and gear was stolen, leaving us literally with only the clothing on our backs. With that said, we are incredibly sorry to have to cancel. We don't have the money to buy new equipment right now and frankly, we are taking this as a sign that Daniel should get home immediately. We send all our thanks to the wonderful people that came out to our shows thus far this fall. Hopefully we'll have our lives sorted out this winter and can hit the road again sometime soon.
The cancelled dates are as follows...
November 13 Berlin Lido 14 Copenhagen Loppen 15 Gothenburg PK Musik 16 Aarhus Voxhall 18 Utrecht Rumor Festival 19 Cologne Prime Club 20 Brugges Cactus 21 London Scala 22 Manchester Star and Garter 24 Dublin Whelans 25 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire 26 Glasgow Mono