Andrew Seward Rejoins Against Me!

Five years after leaving Against Me!, bassist Andrew Seward is taking up his place in the band again. Inge Johansson, who has been the bassist since Seward’s departure, will step down. The news was broken by vocalist Laura Jane Grace on Instagram.

“As some people may have noticed there’s been some change happening within Against Me! recently and the shows we played in Detroit, Cleveland and Lansing a week ago were Andrew’s first shows back with the band in over 5 years,” she wrote. “I don’t really know how to succinctly explain the reasons behind this happening so I’m going to pass on trying. All I want to say is that I love Inge, am forever thankful for our time playing together and what I learned from it and wish him nothing but the best in life. Been going through a period of great change in general lately and this is probably not the last time this year I’m going to have to ask that people be understanding of a choice made, there’s no maliciousness behind my intentions, I just gotta go after what I want.”

Seward kept it brief with a Facebook post saying, “Long and short of it is… I’m back. See you on tour. Grateful and stoked to play again.”

Against Me! Will be kicking off a summer tour this month on July 26th in Iowa that will head east through August. After a pair of dates in Denver, Colorado the band will head to Mexico and South America.

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