OBITUARY Frontman Apologizes For London Gig Cancellation

January 9, 2006

OBITUARY frontman John Tardy has commented on the cancellation of the group's scheduled Jan. 8, 2006 performance at the Mean Fiddler in London, England over "immigration issues." Writing to the band's official web site, Tardy said, "All we can do is apologize for not making it to the show. The bottom line is our work permits did not show up in time and we were sent out of the country. Tomorrow I will have my computer back and will give you the full story of what happened!!"

Despite OBITUARY's cancellation, the other bands on the tour — including Switzerland's SAMAEL — went ahead and played the gig as scheduled.

As previously reported, OBITUARY shot a video for the track "On the Floor" at their December 9, 2005 concert at the Masquerade in Ybor City, Florida.

OBITUARY are touring in support of their latest CD, "Frozen in Time", which was released in July 2005 via Roadrunner Records. The group's first collection of new songs since 1997's "Back from the Dead" was self-produced by the band, with Mark Prator and Scott Burns engineering, and was mastered by Tom Morris at Morrisound.

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