Passion Pit Explains Tour/Show Cancellations & Reasonings [READ]: 'Gossamer' Band's Message to Fans on Website Reveals Why Canceled Shows Suck

Over the years, electropop outfit Passion Pit has had to cancel numerous tour dates and concert appearances due to several reasons. One main reason is lead singer Michael Angelakos' health issues, but the band recently took to their official website to help fans understand other reasons for show cancellations. The band decided to title this informative website post "Why Bands Cancel Shows (and Why it Sucks for Everyone)."

Passion Pit decided that there are only four main reasons as to why a band would/should cancel a show: General Illness, Mental Illness, Weather, and Conflicting Schedules.

Here is what the band had to say about each subject:

1) General Illness. Though many bands play through illness, sometimes it's absolutely necessary to take a night off to ensure that the rest of the tour survives instead of beating your body up only to have to risk canceling more shows in the future. This is how so many singers lose their voices, or people develop long-term illnesses. It's just not worth it.

2) Mental illness. Most of our fans know about my condition but this only hurt us a few times, and it was well over a year ago, and I work my ass of to make sure I can get out on stage and tour. More on how we made up all of these shows later.

3) Weather. Outdoor stages that are built into muddy grounds have caused death (so many examples of this). Rain and electronics, as we all know, also really don't mix. Sometimes, other stationary stages are said to be "rain or shine" but do not actually have the capability of fully protecting the gear. As some of you may know, we lost SO much gear and money a few weekends ago due to a storm, and we're not about to mess it up on our final trek for "Gossamer." That  could potentially end an entire tour and then that'd be it. No more touring. See you maybe in 2014. Not fun ... 

4) Conflicting schedules. There are many things that happen on the road that are scheduled that are not made public because it is no one's business. Clearly, it must be something serious enough to merit losing money to clear a show. We do not take this lightly and because we all have private lives, certain things are unavoidable and some people will simply be left with a statement that doesn't fully satisfy. We're sorry, but we are entitled to our privacy to a certain degree. This is one of the most frustrating things that you cannot always predict, which brings us to my final point.

Read the whole post HERE and see what Passion Pit is planning for the rest of 2013!