Die kommende Europatour von Forbidden, Communic und Demonica musste leider abgesagt werden.

Continental Concerts haben folgendes Statement von Craig Locicero veröffentlicht:

"Aufgrund familiärer Verplfichtungen seitens unseres langjährigen Drummers, Mark Hernandez, sehen sich Forbidden gezwungen, die Europatour abzusagen. Die Band wird sofort nach einem adäquaten Ersatz (für Mark) suchen.

Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass Mark und ich auch bei Demonica spielen, die ja die Tour eröffnen sollten.

Leider gibt es zu diesem Zeitpunkt weder die Zeit noch das Budget einen Ersatz zu finden, der in beiden Bands spielen kann, so dass unsere einzige Option war, die gesamte Tour abzusagen."

Hier noch das längere, englische Statement von Craig Locicero (Forbidden):

This is the most painful update I have ever had to write...

Due to family obligations on the part of our longtime drummer, Mark Hernandez, Forbidden is forced to cancel it's tour of Europe and will start to search for an adequate permanent replacement right away. Compounding things is the fact that Mark and I also play in Demonica, who were to open the tour. Unfortunately, at this late date, there is no time nor budget to find a replacement who can handle both bands and our only option right now is to cancel the entire tour.
Forbidden would like to apologize to all of the different promoters, Continental Concerts, the bands Communic and Demonica, our label Nuclear Blast and most importantly our fans who have been waiting for us to finally make it overseas for our first proper European tour in support of Omega Wave. You all deserve better. This is a collective kick to every ones stomach and it is very difficult for us to swallow.

If there were any way to find one drummer to do both jobs and learn over 22 songs of material in only a couple of days, we would do it. But there is no way to teach somebody all of that material from the ground up and give the fans our very best. Our first choice was longtime Brother, Gene Hoglan, and since Gene is very familiar with our current set list, this makes the most sense. However, he only has a very small window to work with and no time to commit to an entire tour. But he did agree to fly out to Belgium with us so that Forbidden can play the Alcatraz Festival on August 27th! That works out to be the only days that work within Gene's busy schedule and it also allows us to get in front of as many fans as possible for one show.

In no way does this make up for all of the other gigs we will miss. They MUST be rescheduled for the future!

Unfortunately, that future will have to be without Mark Hernandez. He has played for the last time with Forbidden and we will be looking for the right replacement as soon as the dust settles. Obviously it takes a great player to play drums in Forbidden. We will only accept the best!

We all love Mark and hope he finds peace and serenity in his future with his family.
In the meantime we will continue and take the momentum we have gained from Omega Wave and use it as fuel for the next record and beyond!

Looking forward, not back....

Craig Locicero and Forbidden

Demonica kommentierten die Absage auf ihrer Facebookseite wie folgt:

"Die Forbidden/Demonica Tour wurde offiziell abgesagt. Aufgrund eines internen Ungleichgewichts bei Forbidden müssen wir die Tour leider absagen, da wir den gleichen Drummer wie Forbidden haben.

Hoffentlich können wir die Tour zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt nachholen!

Wir wollen uns bei allen Fans entschuldigen, die sich so darauf gefreut haben, uns endlich mit unserem Album "Demonstrous" im Gepäck auf Europatour zu sehen."$

Hier die nun abgesagten Termine der

Aug. 26 - Netherlands- Kerkrade -Rock Temple
Aug. 27 - Belgium – Deinze - Alcatraz Metal Festival
Aug. 28 - Netherlands – Eindhoven - Dynamo
Aug. 30 - Germany – Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal
Aug. 31 - Germany – Karlsruhe – Stadtmitte
Sep. 01 - Switzerland – Aarau – KiFF
Sep. 02 - Italy – Milan - Live Club
Sep. 03 - Germany – Ingolstadt – Paradox
Sep. 04 - Hungary – Budapest - Club 202
Sep. 06 - Poland – Warsaw - Progresja
Sep. 07 - Poland – Wroclaw – Firlej
Sep. 08 - Germany – Braunschweig – Schweinebärmann
Sep. 09 - Germany – Osnabrück - Bastard Club
Sep. 10 - Germany – Essen - Turock Quelle: Powermetal.de