The departure of two members of Art Brut has been confirmed shortly before the band are due to embark on a comprehensive UK tour.
Drummer Mikey Breyer and guitarist Jasper Future are described as having ‘retired’ from the group, and will be replaced by the incoming Toby Macfarlaine – who has previously worked with Graham Coxon and Charlotte Hatherley – and Stephen Gilchrist.
“Being a classic rock band isn’t all just laps of honour round the world and photo shoots in Rolling Stone, it also involves personnel changes,” frontman Eddie Argos characteristically comments. “So after 10 years and 8 years of playing with them respectively ,we say goodbye to Mike and Jasper.”
Press releases are not the best place for fond farewells but it’s been a blast and we’ll miss them. It’s now time for Art Brut Mk III. Hello to Toby and Stephen.”
Art Brut’s UK tour, arriving in the wake of their 2-CD career-spanning compilation ‘Top Of The Pops‘, begins on the 24th of this month in Manchester.
Tour dates:
SEPTEMBER
Manchester Academy 3 (24)
Glasgow Broadcast (25)
Newcastle Think Tank (26)
Wakefield, The Hop (27)
Hebden Bridge Trades Club (28)
Hull Adelphi (29)
Nottingham, Rescue Rooms (30)
OCTOBER
Coventry Kasbah (1)
Gloucester Guildhall (2)
NOVEMBER
Bristol Fleece (3)
Tunbridge Wells Forum (4)
London, Village Underground (5)
St Albans, The Horn (6)
Bedford Esquires (7)