Fever 333 cancel tour with Zulu, Vocalist Jason Butler addressing struggle with depression

Fever 333 have canceled their fall tour with Zulu and other acts as frontman Jason Aalon Butler focuses on addressing his battle with depression. 

This news comes just ahead of the October 4th release of their upcoming album Darker White, which has been teased with multiple singles. Along with the North American dates, the band has also scrapped their planned overseas shows.

Butler shared the following via social media:

Hey everybody, it's your friend Jason Butler. I come to you admittedly a bit uncomfortable and afraid, but grateful for the opportunity to be honest. Recently I've been faced with my most significant and challenging struggle with depression. And in a rather unusual turn of events, I became deeply depressed at a time where one would expect to be excitedly anticipating the release of a new album and a tour to support it.

And while I'm no stranger to these feelings, this time was different. And the mental period of anguish eventually devolved into physical ailments, and that affected not only me, but my family, my friends, and everyone around me, and that caused a pretty obvious turning point. And I realized, you know, I need to, I need to delve into the root cause of my sadness. I probably have needed to do this for, no… I have needed to do this for quite some time. So in light of this, you know, I have to announce that I'll be canceling the Fever tour. And while my instinct is to apologize, I do want to acknowledge, you know, this decision, and my belief in the decision…

Zulu added:

Unfortunately our upcoming run with @fever333 has been cancelled

We want to send all our love to Jason and wish him a well journey to healing and clarity
Trying to navigate touring while also going through depression is one of the hardest things to do. So much respect for being vulnerable and open with us and everyone about this. I know exactly how hard it can be to say admit these things, and we're rooting for you over here absolutely!

To everyone that was looking forward to seeing us on this run, we will see you all soon!

California we have something for y'all in November
More to come soon x