Mogwai will press on as a four-piece after the departure of John Cummings was announced yesterday (November 15th).
Cummings has been on board for the vast majority of the band’s 20 year-plus career, but has left to ‘pursue his own musical projects’ as outlined in a short statement on Mogwai’s official website.
“We are sad to announce that John Cummings has decided to leave Mogwai to pursue his own musical projects,” it reads.
“We will continue as a four piece of Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch and Barry Burns and shall be joined on our upcoming live shows by Scott Paterson and Luke Sutherland. We wish John all the best with the future.”
Mogwai recently released the 20th anniversary retrospective ‘Central Belters‘ on limited edition 3CD and 6LP, looking back on career highlights and rarities stretching from their 1997 debut to eighth studio album ‘Rave Tapes‘, which arrived to warm critical reviews at the start of 2014.