Volbeat Guitarist Forced to Miss U.S. Shows

Danish metal rockers Volbeat have issued an update concerning guitarist Thomas Bredahl:

"To our U.S. fans: We'll be playing the first handful of our U.S. shows without Thomas on guitar. Immigration is giving him a real hard time because of an incident concerning theft of a barstool back in the day. He wasn't exactly a juvenile delinquent or anything, but to Homeland Security it's all the same. We hope to have him on board shortly. Our guitar tech will stand in for the time being and we'll, of course, keep you updated."

Volbeat's fourth studio album, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, is scheduled for a fall 2010 release. The album, which will be released via Vertigo/Universal, will hit shelves on September 10 in Germany and in most parts of Europe on September 13. (Read More)