CANCELLED: Van Halen - Live at the Soundwave Revolution - Australia 2011

[twonabomber]

i think the promoter has watched Wayne's World 2 too many times. "if you book them, they will come..."

[SunisinuS]

Guess we are just old farts that no one wants to see.


RIP Promoter that was a bummer.

[FORD]

Actually, Tom Hamilton just had laser surgery for tongue cancer....

Well, that certainly sucks for him, but it doesn't change the fact that the band has been useless since 1985 or so.

Also, it doesn't seem likely that AeroShit's management would be negotiating with festival promoters if their bass player was seriously ill. Was he using those titanium guitar picks that Ed blamed for his own partial toungectomy a while back?

[Seshmeister]

Holy shit! Whose grandmother is that on the left???

For a guy who is so vain if he was chocolate he would eat himself I'm surprised he doesn't realise how ridiculous he looks. :D

[Seshmeister]

Was Ed's wife the promoter

"We're going to need to cancel Ed, Aquarius the water bearer is strong in your chart and I've just calculated that Limp Bizkit are rising in Uranus."

[VAiN]

Holy shit! Whose grandmother is that on the left???

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Aeroshit, huh? Why the fuck is that not surprising. Fuck those sellouts, they can go play their bubblegum shit on American Faggot or whatever that stupid corporate sellout show is called.

Actually, Tom Hamilton just had laser surgery for tongue cancer....

[kwame k]

......from what I'm reading here..........the promoters NEVER had a 2nd act lined up before booking and promoting this fest

Was Ed's wife the promoter

[jhale667]

Hey at least blame can be assigned to someone other than VH...

[FORD]

Aeroshit, huh? Why the fuck is that not surprising. Fuck those sellouts, they can go play their bubblegum shit on American Faggot or whatever that stupid corporate sellout show is called.

[mh5150]

MMM radio Melbourne confirmed with VH Management they have no plan to Tour Australia.And it was cancelled due to bad ticket sales & Aerosmith pulling out as 2nd headliner.

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news/blog/exclusive-soundwave-revolution-wanted-aerosmith-as-second-headliner/20110810-e6ky.html

[sadaist]

It couldn't be Limp Bizkit. No way. No chance. WTF?

LB hasn't been hugely popular in almost 10 years (and even then...meh). And they want us to believe they cancelled a festival with Van Halen, Alice Cooper, Danzig, Bad Religion, etc....all because of Fred Durst & co? No fucking way in hell.

Only 2 things can end something this large....

Van Halen backs out

Promoter over-extended, over-promised, and didn't sell nearly enough tickets.


Somehow I'm thinking it is a combination. VH was privy to horrible ticket sales and said fuck this, we aren't playing to 1/4 full festivals with a high probability of not getting paid our full premium.

[clarathecarrot]

This is the most exciting news / thread around here in a long time it confirms something we were all somewhat unsure about, FOLKS,.... VAN HALEN ACTUALLY HAD A GIG!!!!!

It fell thru but it was grand ,was it not .....Good Times....




I think I may have bummed my brother Petes Brother out.. just then, sorry brother Petes Brother.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Is the possibility of them not being a big enough draw to headline any less humiliating than another Sped Co. tantrum?

both bring tears to the eyes

[PETE'S BROTHER]

So, that's VH, right? If they canceled on him, I don't see why he wouldn't just call them on it and sort of clear his name/confusion..

or the main one from the 2nd announcement which isn't VH.