Visions of Atlantis has issued the following update about bassist Michael Koren continuing to play live shows with the band:
"Hey out there! I just wanted to inform you that our Now-Father Mike (best wishes to his little Rocker!) has quit the band a few months ago (as we posted) to focus on his Father-Role as you may know already...
"But Mike was always a VoA Member for us in the hearts and now he decided to stay with the band for Live-Shows also in the future which means that he`s still our man for the VoA Live-bass guitar and that we won`t change our cool team for rocking on the road! For the Studio (as this is taking much time) he won`t be able to join the recordings for our new Album (The Album Title will be announced soon) which is absolutely no problem as we`ll work together with another Studio-Musician so that Mike can focus on his Work as a Tattoo Artist and of course on his father-role!
"But for the Live-Shows our 'Papa Mike' won`t quit the Band which is a great thing for us all as we became close friends during the last years... And whenever Mike has the time to join VoA again as a complete member of course he will be welcome aboard again, but for now we`re all very happy that the actual team of Visions of Atlantis will return to the stages with the members that are really VoA from their hearts...And at this point Mike is one of the best guys you could imagine to rock with!!! Well, that`s all for now, more stuff won`t take much time to come up...
"Good night, good fight! Best wishes, Martin and the whole VoA-Family PS: Don`t forget to secure your tickets for the Metalfest and stay tuned for further news!!"