CONCERT NEWS The Finnish gigs by Norwegian 'homoerotic death punk band' Turbonegro have been cancelled after the group’s guitarist Euroboy fell seriously ill. Also the rest of the group’s Volcom Tour has either been
cancelled or will be rescheduled. U.S. bands Valient Thorr and Year Long Disaster, the other acts scheduled to perform during the tour, won’t be coming to Finland either.
Turbonegro have so far not publicly given any details as to what Euroboy is suffering from other than that it’s a ‘serious illness’. [full statement below]
At this stage there is nothing certain about any future replacement dates. Ticket holders can return their tickets for the gigs on April
7th at Tampere’s Pakkahuone or April 8th at Nosturi in Helsinki to
Tiketti or Lippupalvelu ticket outlets, depending on where they bought
them.
The band have released the following statement:
Dear All,
Due to serious illness with Euroboy, Turbonegro will be unable to perform on the forthcoming European Volcom tour.
We will work on rescheduling the dates to some point later in the year.
Euroboy has asked that we relay to you that he is very sorry that he's unable to do the dates, and looks forward to seeing everyone later in the year, when he is well again.
We'll do our very best to keep everyone updated as to how he is doing, but would ask that his privacy is respected at this time.
Turbonegro
Earlier this month [8.3.2008], Turbonegro announced that it had asked drummer Chris Summers to resign from the band, after he had been absent for six months “due to a damaged foot, personal priorities and a focus on other projects”. He was officially replaced by former The Yum Yums and The Wonderfools drummer Tomas ‘Caddy’ Dahl, who had been filling in for Summers at 60 gigs already.
Related:
Album review: Turbonegro – Retox
Turbonegro: Official website | MySpace
Volcom [Volcom Entertainment]
Valient Thorr: Official website | MySpace
Year Long Disaster: Official website | MySpace
Tomas Dahl: MySpace