Italy's Gods Of Metal Festival 2007 May Not Happen
Thursday - August 03, 2006
An official statement issued today by Magic Circle Management, announced that the promoters of The Gods Of Metal have reported that, due to financial constraints placed upon their company, the festival may not take place in 2007.
As a result, they will not honor their original agreement made with Magic Circle Management for what would be Manowar's 4th headlining appearance, bringing with them Rhapsody Of Fire as special guests and the Italian debut of HolyHell. As a side note, Manowar holds the record of headlining the Gods Of Metal Festival more times than any other band. Manowar and Magic Circle Music would like to clarify that they are in no way responsible for the cancellation of next years Manowar?s performance.
Manowar bassist Joey DeMaio says, "We wanted to inform fans as soon as possible so that they would not purchase tickets expecting to see Manowar perform at the festival. The promoters have, in the past, been known as men of honor and our trust in them went so far as to allow them exclusively to announce our appearance for 2007. We as a band understand that our Italian fans will surely be disappointed, but make no mistake about it. This was not our decision. We too are disappointed. We have been preparing a very special show just for our Italian fans and we will now seek every opportunity to bring this massive show to Italy. We will never let our fans down."
Rosario "Braz" of the promo department/press office from Live In Italy, the official official promoter of Italy's annual Gods Of Metal festival, has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding next year's installment of the festival:
"The post on MANOWAR website and the email sent by Magic Circle mailing list are totally untrue. Gods Of Metal will regularly happen in 2007. Dates are 2 and 3 June 2007.
"As festival promoters we decided to make different artistic choices instead of proposing MANOWAR as headliner for the fourth time in 11 years. As usual, Gods Of Metal 2007 will include the major international metal bands in the world.
"Regarding Magic Circle Music email and MANOWAR website announcement, we have already instructed our lawyer to start a legal action against them.
"See you on 2 and 3 June 2007."
MANOWAR's management company, Magic Circle Management, issued a statement on Thursday (August 3) claiming that the promoters of Italy's Gods Of Metal festival have reported that, "due to financial constraints placed upon their company," the festival may not take place in 2007. As a result, Magic Circle's statement claimed, "they will not honor their original agreement made with Magic Circle Management for what would be MANOWAR's fourth headlining appearance, bringing with them RHAPSODY OF FIRE as special guests and the Italian debut of HOLYHELL."
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