Real Friends cancel their appearance as an opening act on Simple Plan's Australian tour

Earlier this morning, Real Friends’ lead singer Dan Lambton announced on Facebook that due to his band’s and psychiatrist’s recommendation, Real Friends will be cancelling their upcoming tour in Australia and Europe, while Dan takes the time off to deal with his recent diagnosis of bipolar disorder. In Australia, Real Friends were supposed to join Simple Plan in April as their opening act on their tour alongside the band Eat Your Heart Out.

In response to these news, Simple Plan made a statement wishing Dan all the best when dealing with his mental health issues while announcing that instead of Real Friends, Stateside will be joining them on the Australian tour. Read their full statement below:

“We are very saddened to hear that Dan, the lead singer from Real Friends, is struggling with mental health issues and that him and the band won’t be able to perform with us on our upcoming Australian #NPNHJBtour. We wish him and his band mates all the best and hope they will overcome this challenge and be back on stage performing soon.

We are thrilled to announce that Stateside has agreed to join the tour and will be playing with us and Eat Your Heart Out on all our upcoming Australian dates.

We can’t wait for these shows and hope to see all our Australian fans at the shows!”

– Simple Plan –

Check out all Simple Plan’s upcoming tourdates in our Tour section.