{"id":86106,"date":"2026-07-16T14:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86106"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:36:55","slug":"luigi-replaces-mario-due-to-immigration-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86106","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Replaces Mario Due To Immigration Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French metal band Gojira has confirmed that its drummer, Mario Duplantier, will not be able to perform on some upcoming shows, and he&#8217;s being temporarily replaced by Luigi Paraventi. That&#8217;s right, Luigi is stepping in for Mario.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gojiraofficial\/p\/Da28z03AFCi\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=3\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gojiraofficial\/p\/Da28z03AFCi\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=3\">announcement<\/a>, Gojira played up the gaming angle, writing, &#8220;Player 2 has entered game. RESPECT!&#8221; The band also included an image of Mario and Luigi from the Mushroom Kingdom in its post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gojira&#8217;s US tour kicks off today, July 16, at Rock Fest in Wisconsin, continuing with a string of summer festival shows that wrap up in September. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mario Duplantier could not make it due to an &#8220;immigration issue that has made it impossible for him to travel to the US&#8221; in time for the shows, the band wrote. &#8220;Mario is heartbroken not to be here with us and has fought hard every step of the way to find a solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No further details on the immigration issue were provided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His replacement, Luigi Paraventi, plays with the band Paleface Swiss and is known for his covers that he posts across social media, like the Gojira video below. <\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gfLejFcr69c  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French metal band Gojira has confirmed that its drummer, Mario Duplantier, will not be able to perform on some upcoming shows, and he&#8217;s being temporarily replaced by Luigi Paraventi. That&#8217;s right, Luigi is stepping in for Mario. In its announcement, Gojira played up the gaming angle, writing, &#8220;Player 2 has entered game. RESPECT!&#8221; The band&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":86108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86109,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86106\/revisions\/86109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}