The Ocean are Losing Two Members After their Current Tour

by | Oct 29, 2013

The Ocean will be losing two of their members after their current European tour.

Guitarist Jonathan Nido and drummer Luc Hess will be stepping down.

While an official statement hasn’t been released, Nido addressed the issue on his Facebook.

“[A]ll I can say is that we both had the feeling it was the right time to take this decision and move-on. There are obviously a ton of reasons for that to happen now. That include artistic divergence, full-time commitment to a project that isn’t 100% fullfilling anymore and other stuff like not wanting to deal with certain aspects/restrictions of what an established/touring act requires for its production and also the way things are generally working, especially on a personal level.”

The Ocean tour dates:

Oct 29 Hamburg, GER @ Logo
Oct 30 Haarlem, NLD @ Patronaat
Oct 31 Rotterdam, NLD @ Baroeg
Nov 01 London, UK @ The Garage
Nov 03 Paris, FRA @ Divan du Monde
Nov 05 Barcelona, ESP @ Apolo 2
Nov 06 Madrid, ESP @ Caracol
Nov 07 Porto, PRT @ Hard Club
Nov 09 Turin, ITA @ AudioDrome
Nov 10 Rome, ITA @ Traffic
Nov 11 Ljubljana, SVN @ Gala Hala
Nov 12 Munich, GER @ Backstage Club
Nov 13 Winterthur, CHE @ Salzhaus
Nov 14 Belfort, FRA @ La Poudriere
Nov 15 Essen, GER @ Zeche Carl
Nov 17 Berlin, GER @ Lido
Nov 18 Warsaw, POL @ Proxima
Nov 19 Wroclaw, POL @ Alibi
Nov 20 Vienna, AUT @ Viper Room
Nov 21 Budapest, HUN @ A38
Nov 22 Cluj-Napoca, ROM @ Shelter
Nov 23 Bucharest, ROM @ Fabrica
Nov 24 Sofia, BGR @ Mixtape 5
Nov 25 Athens, GRC @ Gagarin 205
Nov 26 Thessaloniki, GRC @ Eightball
Nov 27 Belgrade, SRB @ Club Fest
Nov 28 Sarajevo, BIH @ Cinema Kriterion

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