SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn was forced to miss the last two shows of the band's most recent European tour — July 10 in Madrid, Spain and July 11 in Barcelona, Spain — due to a "tragic death in his family."

Fan-filmed video footage of SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor addressing Fehn's absence during the Madrid concert can be viewed below.

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "The Clown" Crahan missed a couple of the band's shows in May after taking several days off following the death of his mother.

According to The Pulse of Radio, SLIPKNOT is slated to reissue its 1999 self-titled major label debut on September 9 to celebrate the record's 10th anniversary and the band's decade as recording artists. SLIPKNOT has been commemorating the upcoming anniversary for much of the past year since issuing its latest record last August, "All Hope Is Gone". Singer Corey Taylor told The Pulse of Radio that things couldn't be going better for the group at this point. "Everything that we've always wanted, and that we've always pictured for this band is kind of coming true in this last year and a half," he said. "You know, this is kind of the culmination of 10 years of just barreling through the mud, you know, sweating through the dark times, and this is really the payoff. And the great thing is, is that we're old enough to appreciate it."

No other details on the release, including whether it will include any bonus or previously unavailable content, have been announced yet.

The latest single from "All Hope Is Gone" is called "Sulfur". The album has sold 798,000 copies since coming out 11 months ago.

The band will begin a short North American run of dates on August 22 in Seattle.



(Thanks: Leslie Connelly)