Frontman Fred’s furious his band have been put in frame after cancellation of touring festival set to stage VH comeback
Blame game: Durst
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is furious that his band is being blamed for the cancellation of Van Halen’s comeback tour of Australia.
The rock giants were set to play their first shows in three years on the travelling Soundwave Revolution festival in September.
But the events have been called off after organiser AJ Maddah said they’d failed to secure an appropriate second headline act.
Maddah commented: “We were scheduled to make an announcement about our co-headliner, but their circumstances changed at the last minute and they had to pull out. We don’t have enough time to replace them, so the festival has been cancelled.”
While he didn’t name the band in question, there’s been online speculation it was Limp Bizkit. But Durst rejects the idea – and suggests the call-off is actually down to Van Halen themselves.
The frontman says: “FYI, we were never on the bill to play any festival down under. So it looks like Van Halen cancels and we get thrown into the mix. Classic.”
Soundwave Revolution was also set to feature Alice Cooper, Bad Religion, Steel Panther, Panic at the Disco, Hole, the Used, All Time Low and Sum 41. Maddah says: “We could have taken the option of going through with the the lineup as we have it. It would obviously have been a better financial outcome for us. But we just didn’t want to put an inferior product on the market.”
Many of the bands are set to appear in Australia next month at a series of cut-down shows in place of the cancelled events.
[...] The Rock News Desk is reporting that Van Halen was suppose to be playing Australia’s Soundwave Revolution music festival, but not only has Van Halen cancelled the dates, the festival itself has been cancelled as well. So who is to blame for this debacle? It looks like Limp Bizkit is at fault. [...]
Limp Bizkit as “co-headliner” with VH? in Fred’s dreams.
[...] Bizkit for Van Halen’s canceled headlining slot on the traveling Soundwave Revolution tour. Rock News Desk reports that the 80′s hair-metal icons were set for their first return to the stage in [...]
What a clown. Like Limp Bizkit is a headlining act! Get real, Fred.
Who the hell is this? are we supposed to know this guy?
That’s funny, I’m sure that LB have been bringing in the biggest crowds at festivals lately…
Haters gonna Hate.
“Limp Bizkit Deny Spoiling Van Halen Live Return”
Way to try to make yourself relevant. The thought that Limp Bizkit could spoil Van Halen return is like Jason Maxiell spoiling Kobe’s championship dreams. Who is Jason Maxiell you ask? Exactly. Who the F gives a rats asss about Limp Biquick?