Napalm Death/The Berzerker Edinburgh, Scotland CANCELLED

Here's a little update from Aussie Industrial band The Berzerker:

Gday all.

Im a few hrs away from getting on a plane. and Im f!!king pissed off about this one... let me tell you...

21 Nov 2008, 08:00 PM - CANCELLED! Studio 24 - Napalm Death
Edinburgh, Scotland
UK

Only reason for the show being pulled was "the venue are going to run a club night instead."

If you have tickets. Phone the venue and complain.- Luke

Nice to see venues in Scotland putting live music first
And here's a list of the rest of the tour dates:

20 Nov 2008 Ivory Blacks with - Napalm Death,Glasgow, Scotland
21 Nov 2008 CANCELLED! Studio 24 - Napalm Death Edinburgh, Scotland
22 Nov 2008 DAMNATION FESTIVAL, Leeds UK - Carcass last ever show
24 Nov 2008 Barfly - Satyricon Birmingham
25 Nov 2008 Rio - Satyricon Leeds
26 Nov 2008 ULU - Satyricon London

Slipknot Cancel European Festival Appearances/UK Tour

Nu metallers Slipknot have had to cancel their upcoming European festival appearances, including UK festivals Leeds/Reading, due to their drummer, Joey Jordison, breaking his ankle.

But fear not, the band will be back on tour later this year, with fellow label mates Machine Head and Finnish metallers, Children Of Bodom.

The dates for the UK tour are:

Mon 1st Dec LONDON Hammersmith Apollo

Tue 2nd Dec LONDON Hammersmith Apollo

Fri 5th Dec CARDIFF International Arena

Sun 7th Dec BIRMINGHAM NIA

Mon 8th Dec GLASGOW SECC

Tue 9th Dec MANCHESTER MEN Arena

Thu 11th Dec NEWCASTLE Metro Arena

Fri 12th Dec SHEFFIELD Arena

Tickets will go on sale 9am on 27^th August from www.seetickets.com.

Cavalera Conspiracy Forced Off Judas Priest Australian Shows. Priest Cancel NZ Show.

This was taken from the band's Myspace page:

Cavalera Conspiracy has been deemed an "inappropriate" band to perform with Judas Priest on their Priest Feast 2008 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand, and have thusly been forced to cancel their appearance at the previously announced tour dates in the southern Pacific. Although Cavalera Conspiracy (featuring Max and Iggor of the legendary Sepultura) had several amazing and successful dates with their brothers in Priest throughout Eastern Europe, apparently the band has been deemed too inflammatory to open for Priest in Australia and NZ...

So, with that said, this post is an apology to the fans in the Australia and New Zealand for the cancellations.

The Cavalera brothers will be back soon (..hopefully with a more reasonably priced tour...)!

Sad news for any fans who bought their extremely expensive Priest tickets exclusively to see Cavalera Conspiracy. The question of who deemed the band 'too inflammatory' for this particular show is still a mystery, since they were apparently very successful in Europe.

That all said, Judas Priest have also canceled their only New Zealand tour, by fault of what they claim to be due to logistic and freight issues. Tickets should be taken back to their point of purchase for a full refund.

Judas Priest will still continue on with their Australian dates as scheduled, although there is no news on who will be the replacement for Cavalera Conspiracy.

Jonathan Davis (Korn frontman) Cancels Solo Tour Dates

Jonathan Davis, the lead vocalist of nu metallers, Korn, has cancelled a number of dates up the upcoming solo European tour. From what I can gather, these dates have been cancelled due to "personal reasons".

Cancelled dates include Carling Academy Oxford, Sheffield Leadmill, Carling Academy Liverpool, Perth Concert Hall. It appears that it isn't just the UK tour, but spreads to Belgium, Sweden and France.

I will update this news as soon as I find out more information!