W.A.S.P. Cancel Allentown Show; "Very Low Ticket Sales" Blamed
March 15, 2010, 14 years ago
Reports indicate that W.A.S.P. cancelled their Allentown, PA show at Crodile Rock Cafe mere hours before doors were due to open. There are conflicting stories at the moment with the band claiming the club wanted 50% of merch sales. Frontman Blackie Lawless allegedly declined and the band left. The club, on the other hand, claim via a post on their official website here that ticket sales were low and the band had a $198.00 food bill and took off. Watch for an update on the situation.
W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless commented recently on the band's last-minute cancellation of their March 11th show in New York City The Gramercy Theater:
"An unfortunate incident arose this evening at The Gramercy Theater in NYC that we need to let you know about. It prevented W.A.S.P. from performing this show, and caused us to disappoint many of our NY fans and friends. About 50 VIP tickets were sold to about 50 different fans for $50.00 apiece, twice the normal ticket price for this show. It turned out that part of that VIP ticket price included a meet and greet with W.A.S.P. These tickets were sold to these 50 or so fans without W.A.S.P. having any knowledge of this, let alone agreeing to this. Upon learning of this late in the afternoon of the show day , W.A.S.P. insisted that the promoter of this venue, who sold these VIP tickets to these fans, return the V.I.P. portion of those tickets back to the fans. This meant that the promoter would have had to give each of those VIP ticket holders a refund of $25.00 of each ticket. W.A.S.P. demanded that this $25.00 be returned to each of these ticket holders in cash prior to the meet and greet , which W.A.S.P was still going to do. The promoter refused. W.A.S.P. then informed the promoter unless these monies were refunded to these fans, in cash, that the band would not perform the show. Again, the promoter refused and W.A.S.P. canceled the show.We are saddened that it had to result in the cancellation of our performance for this evening, but we believe this unfortunate situation amounts to nothing more than our fans being ripped off. We have never changed a fan for an autograph and WILL NEVER charge any fans for an autograph.
To all the fans that came to the show and were turned away, please accept our sincerest apologies. W.A.S.P. CANNOT and WILL NOT ever stand by and watch or be involved in their fans being ripped off... EVER."
