On May 7, 2013, Jay Bentley issued a statement to the fan site, which read, “Greg Hetson is dealing with some personal issues, if he wishes to make a statement we will support that, if he chooses not to we will support that. Mike Dimkich is indeed helping us out right now, and we are genuinely appreciative. Right now we are just looking forward and getting ready to play our shows.” The reason Hetson had not been touring with Bad Religion was likely due to the divorce of his second wife Alia. On January 11, 2014, Bentley confirmed on “thebrpage.net” that Dimkich is a permanent member of the band. A few days later, Download Festival ‘s official website uploaded a photograph of the new lineup (without Brett Gurewitz).
Jay Bentley statement
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