It has been announced that In Flames have pulled out of The Metal Tour of The Year due to international visa issues. According to Blabbermouth, Hatebreed will be replacing In Flames. The band said in a statement, “In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we had to make the difficult decision to not join 'The Metal Tour Of The Year'. We were looking forward to playing for you all and this was an unbelievably hard choice to make.”
The statement continued, “Thank you for understanding and your support as we all get through this unprecedented time. We have a lot of things in the works for 2022 – more on that shortly. Stay safe & we’ll see you on the road again soon!”
The Metal Tour of the Year is co-headlined by Megadeth and Lamb of God and will now kick off on Friday, August 20th in Austin, Texas and 26 cities before wrapping in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on Saturday, October 2nd.