DROWNING POOL: Shawnee Concert Cancelled

Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL have issued the following update:

"It pains us to have to write this today but here goes... DROWNING POOL was unable to perform the show in Shawnee, Oklahoma today [Wednesday, July 16] because of a number of reasons outside our immediate control. I'll try to explain why but I realize not everyone will find this acceptable and for that we apologize.

"When you are on the road for 16 months, you've played just about every major city/venue there is (and then some). In a lot of cases, you come back to the same city/venue three, four, five or even more times! In an effort to bring the show to more of our friends and fans, we've started to look outside the typically played cities/venues. When this happens, you take it on faith that the needs and requirements for putting on a show (as per a standard performance agreement) would be met by the venue?! In most cases, they are. Quite simply, today there was no way a show was going to be 'pulled off' with the stage and PA equipment that was on site. We realize the venue and its operators feel the opposite but you're wrong. SORRY. There's no way in good conscious could you expect to 'backline' three national touring bands, then three more opening bands on that stage?! Much less 'properly mic' all bands and their equipment and deliver a quality sounding show to the people, all the while crossing your fingers the stage doesn't collapse?!?!? That's not the way DP rolls... We'll bitch out our booking agent, they'll bitch out the promoter, the promoter will bitch out our manager, our manager will bitch out our booking agent... See where this is going?! At the end of the day, no matter who says what to who, despite efforts, The thing that sucks the most is that you and we will not rock the shit?!?!?!? For that we are truly sorry, Shawnee."

DROWNING POOL shot a "kick-ass" video for the song "37 Stitches" on Monday, July 14 in Dallas, according to a posting on the band's MySpace page.

DROWNING POOL recently performed an acoustic version of "37 Stitches" on Voice of America (the official external radio and television broadcasting service of the United States federal government). Watch the performance below.

DROWNING POOL has been on the road in support of its third album, "Full Circle", which marks the recording debut of singer Ryan McCombs.

DROWNING POOL lost its first singer, Dave Williams, to heart disease in 2002, and parted with a second vocalist and a record label while attempting its first comeback two years later.