Don’t hold your breath for a Faith No More reunion in 2026, because there’s a very good chance it ain’t happening.
Faith No More and Mr. Bungle originally canceled their September and October 2021 tour dates as vocalist Mike Patton dealt with ongoing mental health issues. Those cancellations bled into 2022, with Faith No More canning their plans for the entire year.
Mr. Bungle would eventually get back on stage quite a few times, but Faith No More never recovered. Patton would later address the situation with Faith No More‘s other members, while Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottom briefly addressed the band’s situation as a “semi permanent hiatus”, bassist Billy Gould said he has no idea what’s going on, and drummer Mike Bordin had zero faith.
Now Bottum has once again spoken on Faith No More in an interview with Alternative Nation, offering the following words on if the band will reunite: “I don’t think so. No.”
Bottum elaborated: “It’s not just me. I don’t think anyone’s sort of up for it at this point. We had a bunch of shows that we were gonna play, and they got canceled, just for various reasons. But I don’t think the course that we were on has fixed itself. I just don’t see it happening again, honestly. I think we did a really good job. We played a bunch of reunion tours, and I think we did what we kind of set out to do. So I don’t think anyone’s upset about it or anything.
“But I mean, for sure, getting back together would mean a big paycheck, but I think all of us are pretty good with what we did, sort of just, like, artistically with the band and committing to ourselves and playing with each other. I think we’re all pretty good with the decisions that we’ve made up to now, and I don’t see what could really happen more getting back together and doing more shows.”
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