{"id":69374,"date":"2026-07-17T09:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=69374"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:06:07","slug":"luigi-replaces-mario-due-to-immigration-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=69374","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Replaces Mario Due To Immigration Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/marioandluigi.png?w=300\" \/><\/p>\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 announcement, 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<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"L\u2019enfant sauvage (Gojira) #drummer #metalfans #drums #heavymetalsongs #drumcover #metal #gojira\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfLejFcr69c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/luigi-replaces-mario-due-to-immigration-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6064,10599,1685,12638,1509,8048],"class_list":["post-69374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-due","tag-immigration","tag-issue","tag-luigi","tag-mario","tag-replaces","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}