Jago replaced by Leah Shapiro

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In June 2008, Jago once again left BRMC’s touring line-up, being replaced by The Raveonettes ‘ touring drummer Leah Shapiro. Jago stated he “took it as I am fired again and to be honest with you I respect their decision”. However, Hayes and Been issued a statement reading: “Nick won’t be joining us for the upcoming European tour, but it’s not true that he is fired. We just feel Nick needs time to sort out exactly what he wants right now. His heart and all his energy and attention is on his own solo project and he needs to see that through.” However, in October 2015 Robert admitted that “We were ready to be an international band that never toured the States again. Thank God, we got his (Jago) visa back and we were able to play together again until we fired him, but that’s a whole other story when things got even darker”.