As I Lay Dying to miss beginning of LOG tour

As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis has been in the process of adopting a child from Ethiopia for a year now and just recently learned that the official adoption and travel dates are the first week of April. As a result As I Lay Dying will have to miss the first five shows of the upcoming Lamb of God U.S. tour. Lambesis comments: “It's impossible to time something like this, and it goes without saying that I won't be able to make the first five shows of our upcoming tour. However, I'm very thankful to the Lamb of God guys for their understanding and support. Fortunately they've been able to find excellent bands to replace us keeping the line-up of this tour exciting as ever. We'll be meeting up with the tour in Vancouver, BC and finishing out the remaining five weeks. We look forward to seeing you all then!"