Disney Forces Machine Head Cancellation

In a stunning last-minute move, Walt Disney Properties have pressured
promoter Live Nation into canceling Machine Head's performance tomorrow
night at the House of Blues venue in Anaheim (on their Disneyland property).
Citing violent imagery, undesirable fans and inflammatory lyrics as the
reason, the diversity-impaired corporation began pressuring the promoter on
Saturday to cancel all upcoming heavy metal concerts, placing Machine Head
under an internal "review process" that took 5 days before bothering to
convey their alarming decision to the band late yesterday - less than 48
hours before their Black Tyranny Tour was to kick off at House of Blues
Anaheim on Friday night.

While the enactment of this new blanket rule applies to all upcoming heavy
metal shows at the House Of Blues Anaheim (with some metal bands having been
banned from performing on name alone), Machine Head is the first band to
actually have tickets go on sale, and remain on sale for 2 months, before
intense pressure and vague threats of liability from the Corporation left
the promoter with no choice but to remove the show from the venue.

As a result, Live Nation's Paul McGuigan did the honorable thing and
incredibly, on one days notice, managed to salvage the tour's opening night
by moving the first date of The Black Tyranny tour (featuring Machine Head,
Arch Enemy, Throwdown, and Sanctity) to The Glass House in Pomona, CA
(located at 200 W. Second Street). All existing tickets will be redeemable
for entry at The Glass House, and all Will Call pickups will now be
available for pickup at the new venue. Any fans unable to make the 70-mile
trip to The Glass House as a result of this ridiculous turn of events will
be able to have their money refunded in full. Strangely, all other Black
Tyranny dates at House Of Blues venues on Disney property will remain
unaffected.

On behalf of all four bands on the bill, Machine Head wish to extend their
gratitude to promoter Paul McGuigan and Live Nation for finding an alternate
venue for tomorrow night's show on such short notice.

"Citing violent imagery, undesirable fans and inflammatory lyrics as the
reason"

They should have just cited "shitty music" as a reason for the cancellation.

"Undesirable fans" I can agree with.

thats fucked up...Skinny Puppy/theWhiteMice just played that place recently...

So did Unearth... but Unearth is no Skin Puppy.
Maybe the name Machine Head is just too br00tal for Disney.

I hope this leads to a new trend of Arch Enemy not being allowed to play shows.

Even Disney knows when a band sucks

machine head were HORRIBLE when i seen them in Lowell.
why would megadeth and black sabbath want them to open for them?
maybe cause they would make them sound sooo much better?

The proper spelling of "them" following the use of an "I seen" is "dem"

BobNOMAAMRooney said:

Hahahahaha...you caught this mess before I did Bob...sharp eyes pal....sharp eyes.