Joseph Duplantier, guitarist and vocalist of the French metal outfit Gojira, has revealed that he recently underwent minor surgery on his right hand, rendering him unable to play guitar on the band\u2019s upcoming French tour \u2014 which kicks off on November 27 in Reims and runs through December 12 in Strasbourg. To ensure the tour proceeds as planned, Gojira has enlisted Greg Kubacki of Car Bomb to fill in as guitarist for those dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duplantier shared X-ray images of his hand injury along with a message explaining that while he is on the mend, he won\u2019t be able to perform all his guitar parts on the tour. Nevertheless, the morale remains high and the band affirms that the show must go on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This development comes on the heels of the band\u2019s recent Grammy win in the \u201cBest Metal Performance\u201d category \u2014 a milestone that underscores their drive and serves as context to the resolve behind continuing with the tour despite injury. For French fans, this means the band will uphold their commitments live, albeit with an adjustment to their lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the procedure is described as \u201cminor,\u201d the ramifications for a lead guitarist in a band of Gojira\u2019s caliber are meaningful nonetheless. The choice to bring in a substitute reflects a professional approach and a dedication to the audience and tour obligations. It\u2019s a transparent reminder of the rigour and resilience essential in heavy music today.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
El guitarrista y vocalista Joseph Duplantier, de la banda francesa Gojira, revel\u00f3 recientemente que se someti\u00f3 a una cirug\u00eda menor en su mano derecha, lo que le impide tocar la guitarra en la pr\u00f3xima gira de Francia que comienza el 27 de noviembre en Reims y finaliza el 12 de diciembre en Estrasburgo. Para asegurar que la gira pueda seguir adelante, Gojira ha contratado a Greg Kubacki (del grupo Car Bomb) como guitarrista de apoyo durante esas fechas. Duplantier comparti\u00f3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,260],"tags":[6165,6163,774,6160,6161,6162,6164],"class_list":["post-62726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heavy-metal","category-new","tag-concierto-gojira-francia","tag-gira-francia-gojira-2025","tag-gojira","tag-greg-kubacki-gojira","tag-joseph-duplantier-cirugia-de-mano","tag-metal-frances-gojira","tag-noticias-rock-metal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62728,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62726\/revisions\/62728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}