Blue October Cancel Tour After Singer Suffers Extreme Mental Anxiety Attack
10/27/2009
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(PR) The Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009 has been canceled due to the hospitalization of Justin Furstenfeld, lead singer of the tour's headlining band Blue October. Furstenfeld, who was also the spokesperson for Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009, is being treated for suffering from an extreme mental anxiety attack. His doctors have ordered that the tourwhich was committed to reducing the stigma associated with mental health, depression, and suicidebe canceled to allow for his recovery."Mental health diseases are unpredictable," says Furstenfeld. "And on the eve of this tour in support of a cause that means the world to me, I am in need of time to heal from a setback in my own personal life, which is severe enough for me to seek hospitalization. I hope that my action to seek the strength and safety of treatment will inspire others that are suffering to do the same." The Pick Up The Phone Tour was to benefit suicide prevention and was created through a partnership between the non-profit organizations To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), Postsecret.com, Synclive.com, and 1-800-SUICIDEThe National Hopeline Network. Ticket refunds will be available from the point of purchase for each date and venue. For more information about the Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009, please visit - http://www.putp.org
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