Faith No MoreWhile ‘90s rockers Faith No More never explicitly said that they’ve broken up, vocalist Mike Patton has seemingly confirmed that they have in a recent interview.
Over the last decade, the American rock band has been mostly quiet, following the release of their comeback album, Sol Invictus, in 2015. Their most recent live shows took place in 2016, and a number of tour cancellations followed.
As NME notes, the band were set to tour again in 2020 – including in Australia – but the dates were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More tour plans were announced in 2021, which were cancelled, as Patton revealed that he’d been diagnosed with agoraphobia.
Faith No More were set to return to Australia in 2022 after being forced to reschedule the tour twice. That tour was cancelled. “Unfortunately, due to our current challenges, we aren’t going to be ready to perform for the upcoming Australian, New Zealand and European tours,” the band said.
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“To play at anything less than 100% after so long is not an option for us. We apologise to all of you ticket holders and are forever grateful to our fans for your support and understanding.”
Faith No More were last in Australia in 2015, performing at Soundwave Festival, but haven’t played their own headline tour in the country since 1997.
As mentioned above, Faith No More has never officially made a statement regarding their disbandment. But Patton has noted that there’s a slim chance any announcements will come from the band in the near future.
In a recent interview with Consequence of Sound’s Kyle Meredith, the singer opened up after Meredith asked if he felt a “sense of closure” after the 2016 tour.
“I didn’t really think so at the time, but, yeah, maybe,” he told the publication. “I think that we all kind of felt it, but it was unspoken.”
He continued, “It’s funny: when you’ve been in a band or a musical situation for a period of time, you always, in the back of your head, you’re kind of thinking, ‘Well, maybe this is it.’ And I don’t mind that feeling. I don’t see it as a sad thing. I see it as being present and being able to really appreciate it while it’s happening.”
In addition to Faith No More, Mike Patton is in groups including Mr Bungle – who visited Australia with Melvins in 2024 – Tomahawk, and Fantômas.
Also in the interview, Patton alluded to the idea that Faith No More is his “main” project and dismissed it. Explaining that he’s “never really understood” the concept of a side project, the singer said he’s “never had one.”
“There were projects like Faith No More where I spent more time on, in terms of touring and promoting, but everything that I’ve done was of equal importance to me,” he explained. “They just weren’t viewed that way. The public, for whatever reason, needs to have a hierarchy built in there just to make themselves feel better about it, I guess.”
You can watch Patton discuss Faith No More below.
