It’s been announced that four stages of Spitz’s nation tour, “SPITZ JAMBOREE TOUR ‘Togemaru 2011′“, have been passed on due to vocalist Kusano Masamune’s sudden illness.

According to Spitz’s official site, Kusano was diagnosed with acute stress disorder on March 17th, and he needs to be under medical treatment for about three weeks. They said that it was because of the extreme stress from the effect of the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake, such as the aftershocks, watching heavy damages reported on TV day after day, and the situation of the atomic power plant in Fukushima.


On their official site, other members and the president of their agency, under joint names, posted a comment in which they apologized to the fans. They also explained about Kusano’s condition, “‘Acute stress disorder’ is a transient thing. It can be healed almost always after a certain time, and Kusano’s current condition is in the recovery process.”

The passed on four stages are the ones in Tottori on April 3rd, in Yamaguchi on April 5th, and in Hiroshima on April 7th and 8th. They will announce if those stages will be postponed or cancelled as soon as possible, in addition to releasing their future schedule.


source: tokyohive