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Balmora has decided to withdraw from their summer tour schedule after a chaotic week marked by guitarist Jay Torblaa resigning from the group following allegations concerning inappropriate behavior with a minor that surfaced publicly, as per Loudwire. An initial announcement about Torblaa’s departure was made by Balmora, their social media accounts were also deactivated, and bassist Danny Cueno remarked online that the band had been “nuked” due to the repercussions of the situation. In light of these developments, Loudwire contacted a spokesperson for Balmora and obtained the following reply. The band, which just released their album “These Graven Halls” last week, was supposed to kick off a significant summer tour tomorrow (June 3), but as per their press representatives, they will no longer be participating in the tour. The tour was originally planned to begin in Boston tomorrow and continue until June 27 in Norwich, Ct.
Balmora will no longer be appearing on their planned June tour and the status of the band is currently pending. Holder and Azshara will proceed with the tour, with Contention on select dates.
The band’s first statement was as follows:
In the past few days we’ve seen the evidence and screen shots of the behavior of our guitarist engaging with someone underage. We the other four members Danny, Paul, Colin and Chaz don’t fuck with this at all obviously. Jay will be stepping away from the band and our summer tour will continue on as planned.
We’re sorry for what seems like the lack of transparency. Just trying to figure out how to navigate this and continue with all the shows we have booked and planned to play. All of our love goes out to the promoters, our tour mates and everyone who fucks with us on some real shit.
Cuneo later shared the band’s earlier statement on his Instagram story, with an added caption.
I said this shit. Band is nuked. Don’t real fuck with all this weirdo shit, My fault slimes, I’m out. I started this shit years ago with my homie Brandon [Antoniak] kinda just turned into a shitty monster of a band. Don’t fuck with people using their bands to act weird talking to those who are younger/vulnerable.
