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Mars Volta On The Rebound
When we last heard from The Mars Volta, they had canceled their supporting slot on the Red Hot Chili Peppers/Snoop Dogg tour in the wake of the tragic death of band member Jeremy Ward.
Ward, 27, who served as sound manipulator for the band, passed away May 25 after an apparent drug overdose.
After a period of recuperation, the band looks ready to return to the road. They’re now headlining their own tour in support of their just-released debut full-length, De-Loused In The Comatorium. The trek is scheduled to begin July 1 in Los Angeles.
The band will skip back and forth a bit, hitting some festivals in the United Kingdom before returning to the States for a couple weeks of shows. Thereafter they’ll head to Japan, and in late August they have two more U.K. shows on the books.
Spoken word champ/hip-hop artist Saul Williams is scheduled to open in the U.S., along with Rye Coalition on most dates.