‘Walk the Moon’ to take a ‘good long break’ from touring and making music. See what happened

In an emotional 11-minute video posted on the Cincinnati-based band’s official YouTube channel, Nicholas Petricca, who is the Walk the Moon frontman broke the news to fans on Friday (July 14).

“The time has come for us to take a good long break from touring and making records together. When we do reconvene, that will be a glorious day. The truth is, we don’t know when that’s going to be,” the singer said in the clip.

Petricca also said that he and other bandmates of Walk the Moon, like drummer Sean Waugaman and guitarist Eli Maiman, are “filled with love, gratitude, appreciation and some heartache as the group goes into hibernation.”

“It is an enormous act of love to carefully lift something like this from the center of our lives and place it gently to the side, out of focus, and let it rest for a moment. It’s a choice we made powerfully to follow our truth, to make space for new creations, for family, to serve our well-being and, in the long run, even serve the well-being of Walk the Moon, like hibernation, to hopefully come back one day stronger than before,” Petricca added.

FAQs
Why is Walk the Moon going on hiatus?
According to frontman Nicholas Petricca, the band is taking a break to “make space for new creations, for family, to serve our well-being and, in the long run, even serve the well-being of Walk the Moon.” He also said that it is an “enormous act of love” to carefully lift the band from the center of their lives and let it rest for a moment.

How long will Walk the Moon be on hiatus?
Petricca said that the band does not know when they will reconvene, but that it will be a “glorious day” when they do. He also said that the hiatus is “indefinite,” so it is possible that the band could be gone for a long time.