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Meshuggah's Tel Aviv Appearance Cancelled

posted Aug 7, 2008 at 11:19 PM by darkstar.  (3 Comments)

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Sweden's Meshuggah's upcoming gig at the Anthem Metal Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel has been cancelled. A message on their web site reads:

"We're sorry to inform that the Tel Aviv festival in Israel on the 14th of August has been cancelled due to 'security issues.' We really sorry for those who bought tickets to this festival and to those who was coming to see us perform in Israel for the first time. We were really looking forward to this gig, and hopefully there will be another opportunity in the near future."

Other acts that were scheduled to appear include Dark Tranquillity, The Haunted, Opeth, Satyricon and Nevermore.

Source: Meshuggah

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3 Comments on "Meshuggah's Tel Aviv Appearance Cancelled"

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1. Donny writes:

The "security issue" is a lie...everyone in Israel knows that Anthems did this on purpose in order to scam us. There is no proof of a security concern....Cypris Hill just played a few weeks ago and this year we recently had here Machine Head, NIN, Nightwish,..etc....
This is utter bullsh**.

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2. XWigglesX writes:

Well maybe the Israeli government is finally going to back up their promises and threats of actually doing something about Iran. Our world is way overpopulated. Maybe we need a decent sized war to thin out the numbers. Haha...

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3. Kalis_wrath writes:

Isreal is by far alot more safe than other Mid Eastern countries, however its not to say one of the metal persuation can just walk about freely. I am sure that Meshuggah will also refund the fans or reschedual.

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