MSI bassist LynZ has withdrawn from the Kerrang tour set for the new year due to being pregnant.

The band say on their MySpace: "As some of you may have heard, we are thrilled to announce TWO new additions to the Mindless Self Indulgence family. In addition to MSI's bassist LynZ and her husband Gerard (Way of My Chemical Romance), MSI's guitarist Steve and his partner Lucinda have announced that they are each expecting babies late in the spring of 2009. This will be the first child for both Steve and Lucinda, as well as LynZ and Gerard. It is very important that you hear this from us first and believe nothing to the contrary: While we will ask some of our friends to fill in for LynZ, and at a later date, Steve, so that they can be with their new families, neither member is leaving Mindless Self Indulgence permanently."

The Kerrang Tour dates are:

January
13, Belfast Mandela Hall
14, Dublin Academy
16, Bristol Academy
17, Cardiff Great Hall
18, Southampton Guildhall
20, Oxford Academy
21, Norwich UEA
22, Nottingham Rock City
23, Manchester Academy
24, Leeds University
26, Liverpool Academy
27, Glasgow Barrowland
28, Newcastle Academy
29, Birmingham Academy
30, London Brixton Academy

Tickets for the shows are on sale now.
Bring Me The Horizon and In Case of Fire are also part of the tour.