Gallows frontman Frank Carter quits band

Frank Carter is to leave Gallows when their current tour comes to an end later this month.

Gallows have been touring for the last month, playing a gig at Sonisphere festival last Saturday. Carter's final performance with the band in the UK will be at London's ULU on July 23.

Carter said on his official website that he will be forming a new band called Pure Love, and will tour in the autumn.

"It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce my departure from Gallows," he wrote. "It seems that Gallows have hit a crossroads in our writing process and unfortunately myself and the rest of the boys have different ideas regarding the sound of Gallows going forward.

"Gallows have decided they are going to continue on without me and I wish the boys the best of luck for the future. Gallows will be fulfilling all of our current touring plans until August 1, so please come down to a show and help me make each show a total celebration."

Carter's brother and Gallows guitarist Steph Carter also released a statement, saying that the band will be searching for a new lead singer.

"We've all been in the studio for the last few months, working on the follow-up to Grey Britain. It pains me to say that as of August 1, Frank will no longer be a member of Gallows. Creatively we could not agree on a direction for the new record and came to the conclusion that parting ways was for the best.

"We realise that Frank is a hard figure to replace so be assured that the decision to continue as a band has been one that we've been deliberating over long and hard," he added.

Frank Carter was named the coolest man in rock in NME's 'Cool List' in 2007.

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