{"id":104158,"date":"2017-05-26T01:32:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T05:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104158"},"modified":"2017-05-26T01:32:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T05:32:06","slug":"simple-plan-bassist-skips-european-tour-as-he-battles-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/26\/simple-plan-bassist-skips-european-tour-as-he-battles-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Plan bassist skips European tour as he battles depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104159\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18739642_10154505807021516_4763091342643823775_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104159\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18739642_10154505807021516_4763091342643823775_n.jpg\" alt=\"Simple Plan bassist David Desrosiers says he's taking a temporary leave from the pop-punk band as he fights depression. (Photo: Simple Plan\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18739642_10154505807021516_4763091342643823775_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18739642_10154505807021516_4763091342643823775_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18739642_10154505807021516_4763091342643823775_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simple Plan bassist David Desrosiers says he&#8217;s taking a temporary leave from the pop-punk band as he fights depression. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/simpleplan\/photos\/a.155320216515.116449.6085906515\/10154505807021516\/?type=3&amp;theater\"> Simple Plan\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO\u2014Simple Plan bassist David Desrosiers says he&#8217;s taking a temporary leave from the pop-punk band as he fights depression.<\/p>\n<p>The musician posted a message to fans on his Instagram account saying he&#8217;s decided to bow out from the European leg of the band&#8217;s tour.<\/p>\n<p>Desrosiers says he&#8217;s long struggled with depression, which has forced him to step aside from the Montreal-based act in the past.<\/p>\n<p>But he&#8217;s mostly kept it private, choosing to focus on mental health through a foundation that Simple Plan started in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the band issued their own note on Facebook supporting Desrosiers&#8217;s decision to put his health first.<\/p>\n<p>The European tour starts on Sunday in Berlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO\u2014Simple Plan bassist David Desrosiers says he&#8217;s taking a temporary leave from the pop-punk band as he fights depression. The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":104159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[19572],"class_list":["post-104158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-simple-plan","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}