WOLVERINE Cancel Gothenburg Metal Festival Appearance
April 28, 2007, 17 years ago
Swedish metallers WOLVERINE have cancelled their appearance at the Gothenburg Metal Festival which is scheduled for April 29th - 30th at Musikens Hus in Göteborg, Sweden.
"We are extremely sorry to have to cancel our appearance at Gothenburg Metal Festival, that was going to take place tomorrow," says bassist Stefan Zell. "The reason is that Mikael (Zell) has injured his left wrist by playing indoor bandy three days ago and is unable to play the guitar. According to the doctor he's not suffered any fractures but he needs a few days rest to get his wrist working properly again.Because of the short notice it's impossible for us to get someone else to fill in. We were hoping all up until today that Mikael would get well enough to play but we have to realize now that that won't be the case.
We were so much looking forward to playing Gothenburg again (we've only played there once) and it would also be the perfect moment for us to stir up some interest for our gig there in August. We do however have to accept our surrender to the circumstances this time around.
I really hope that those of you who were going there mainly to see us play live, will go there anyway and support the metal community. It seems to be a great festival and there are plenty of great acts playing there. We need festivals like these to keep the music scene alive and well.
Wolverine would like to wish the organizers all the best with the festival! To all of you that had bought tickets to see us we are very sorry for the inconvenience. Hopefully we can make it up to you in the near future.
This whole situation confirms what I've always believed: Don't mix sports and music! The combination is lethal..."
