Complex sentence: It was announced that Dante Gizzi would move from bass guitar to lead vocals and a new bass player was confirmed in October 2010 as Derek Brown, former guitar technician for the band during the "Swagger" tour.
Split into simpler sentences: It was announced that Dante Gizzi would move from bass guitar to lead vocals and a new bass player would be brought in. The new bass player was eventually confirmed in October 2010 as Derek Brown, former guitar technician for the band during the "Swagger" tour.