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Religious Fanatics Shut Down Tbilisi Jam Festival

posted Jun 5, 2016 at 1:00 PM by xFiruath.  (4 Comments)

The Tbilisi Jam Fest in Georgia (the country, not the state) was apparently shut down last night by religious protesters. The Ukraine-based band Jinjer comments:

"Well, friends, there is some bad news worth sharing!!! For the first time over several years Jinjer's performance was cancelled today due to the attack by religious fanatics. Tbilisi JAM Fest was disrupted because the monastery not far away (about 1 km away) didn't like it, the priests brought an angry crowd of believers and assaulted the festival area!!!

"Even though the festival had all necessary permissions by local authorities, the fanatics just cut off the electricity. The most shocking was that the police was just standing aside and watching... It is sad to realize that in Georgia, the country which seemed to be civilized, RELIGION has MORE POWER than the LAW.

"We really hope that the orginizers will be able to find an alternative location and JINJER will be albe to play tomorrow before we fly back to Ukraine."

The show is apparently being rescheduled for tonight, however, with the organizers of the festival posting this message online: "Tbilisi JAM! Fest 2016 WILL be held tonight! Preventive measures (during preparational period) make us reveal the location a bit later. Get ready to have fun and lots of good music!"

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4 Comments on "Religious Fanatics Shut Down Metal Festival"

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1. Blindgreed1 writes:

That's fvcked.

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2. Bhoodlum writes:

Burn the monastery to the ground.

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3. new generation random kid writes:

The metal religion should not impose its noise on other religions.

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4. Abdul writes:

As a muslim and a lover of the heavy metal, I can safely say that these motherf***s are the same breed of ignorant fanatic that create sh**storms like ISIS. They have no place in civilised society.

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