Seattle-based rock group Pearl Jam announced Monday evening that it would postpone a leg of the band's upcoming tour due to concerns about the global coronavirus outbreak.

The band's website on Monday showed that all shows up until June had been postponed, affecting tour dates in a number of U.S. cities as well as Canada.

"[I]t is with deep frustration and regret that we are forced to make this most unfortunate of announcements," the band wrote on Facebook. "This scheduled first leg of our PJ/Gigaton tour will need to be postponed and shows rescheduled for a later date."

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"We’ve worked hard with all our management and business associates to find other solutions or options but the levels of risk to our audience and their communities is simply too high for our comfort level. Add to that we also have a unique group of passionate fans who travel far and wide. We’ve always been humbled by this and respect their energies and devotion. However in this case, travel is something to avoid," the post continued, adding: "It certainly hasn’t helped that there’s been no clear messages from our government regarding people’s safety and our ability to go to work."

The band went on to criticize federal officials over the U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has sickened hundreds of people across the country and more than 113,000 worldwide.

"Having no examples of our national health department’s ability to get ahead of this, we have no reason to believe that it will be under control in the coming weeks ahead," the band wrote.

The Seattle area in particular has been the hardest hit of U.S. cities, with 19 people in the state having died from the disease and at least 167 cases confirmed across the state.

Pearl Jam's announcement comes as fans anxiously await news of the fate of the popular Coachella music festival held annually in California, currently planned for April.