{"id":752902,"date":"2026-07-09T16:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752902\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:48:12","slug":"jake-cinninger-releases-statement-about-leaving-umphreys-mcgee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/752902\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Cinninger Releases Statement About Leaving Umphrey&#8217;s McGee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/relix.com\/news\/detail\/umphreys-mcgee-announce-departure-of-jake-cinninger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Umphrey\u2019s McGee announced<\/a> that longtime guitarist Jake Cinninger would be stepping away from the group on a permanent basis. Cinninger, who first joined the group just a couple years after its formation, had been taking time away from the band in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Cinninger has now released a statement reflecting on his departure. It reads:<\/p>\n<p>It is the time in my life to step away from my tenure in Umphrey\u2019s McGee, which has been one of the most difficult decisions I\u2019ve ever had to make. I want to let everyone know how much you mean to me. I am utterly grateful for all the amazing 27 years of music, travel and fan support.<\/p>\n<p>Best in the future to my Umphrey\u2019s band mates and crew. The time to move forward in my life and musical journey has come. I am extremely excited for the future with goals and new inspiration ahead. Staying positive and focused is giving me hope for the next chapter. I cannot wait to see you in the future with the spirit of music by our side. Thanks to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, Umphrey\u2019s McGee announced that longtime guitarist Jake Cinninger would be stepping away from the group on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-752902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}