AFTER FOREVER have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of the Earthshaker Roadshock Tour, which was cancelled following the May 4th show in Nürnberg, Germany:

"Hi all !

We are very sorry and disappointed to let you know the Earthshaker Roadshock Tour has been cancelled by the (Belgian) organisation Metallysee after the Nuernberg show. This organisation simply ruined the whole tour themselves by very bad financial planning and a bad production. Bands were treated very bad, not being paid and not being cared for, tour buses and drivers weren't payed, backline was not rented...and so on and on...

Despite all the work of the various band members, managements and record labels to let this tour continue things didn't work out and Metallysee just pulled the plug.

To make things clear, this is not to blame on the Earthshaker Fesival, since they also tried to make the best out of it, but unfortunately Metalysee had all the responsibility. The bands ended this too short tour by a very energitic set...to keep up all the positive energy and get rid of all the negative...

At the moment we're still trying to figure out possiblities to pick up some of these shows which were planned for the end of the tour, but we can't promise you anything.

We wanna thank all the bands and crew for their great job, especially since Metallysee made their and our work so hard. We had fun after all...but it could have been so much more !

We hope to see you all in the near future !

Again we wanna apologize to all the fans who already bought their ticket...we will make it up to you all very soon! Especially since some really cool new gigs are about to be announced...so stay tuned !!!"