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More Comment On Four Year Strong Member Departure

Band members admit that keyboards no longer had a place in Four Year Strong.

Yesterday Four Year Strong confirmed that keyboard player Josh Lyford was leaving the band, soonafter that announcement Lyford posted the following comment on his blog about the situation:

"I was told a little over a week ago, just about two days before we were supposed to leave for tour, that Four Year Strong was headed in a different direction and was moving away from the keyboard. I was out of the band at that point. I’ve known for awhile and it’s been strange not being able to say anything about it. The news definitely startled me, but I wish them all the luck in the world and I know that they’ll do the same for me."

Guitarist Alan Day also contributed his opinion about the situation on a blog, a snippet from that can be read below:

"To clear up any confusion, Josh did not quit the band. it seems like a lot of people might have thought that's what the statement we released had meant, but that is not the case. The band had been in a weird spot for a long time, with writing new material and all. Everyone was very distant. Things just didn't feel right. We felt that this decision would be the best for both Josh and the rest of the band. It's really hard to explain. But more than anything else, keyboards just didn’t seem to have a place in this band anymore. We’ve never really taken the instrument very seriously from the beginning, it always felt like we just had it there because we had Josh and he was awesome and we needed something for him to do so that we could keep him around and enjoy his company. letting him go was extremely hard to do, but like I said, I think it's for the best."

UK fans can see the band when Four Year Strong play the following dates with You Me At Six and Blink-182:

JULY
01 - BIRMINGHAM NIA Arena
04 - LIVERPOOL Echo Arena
07 - SHEFFIELD Motorpoint Arena
08 - MANCHESTER MEN Arena
12 - NEWCASTLE Arena
13 - NOTTINGHAM Arena
15 - BIRMINGHAM LG Arena (sold out)
16 - CARDIFF CIA (sold out)
18 - LONDON 02 Arena (sold out)
19 - LONDON 02 Arena (sold out)