Destruction Comments On Canceled Australian Tour

German metallers Destruction have issued the following statement about their recently canceled tour dates in Australia:

"Australian cancellation by the promoter! As we did get some nasty letters & silly fuck you statements, here is the e-mail of Nik from Just Say Rock that proofs that the band never canceled the tour. It was JSR that stopped the whole OZ tour:

"Quote e-mail from: nik@justsayrock.com.au Betreff: TERRIBLE NEWS/DECISION Datum: 19. November 2009 05:58:22 MEZ An: joerg@twisted-talent.com

"'Hi Joerg/Schmier It is with my deepest sorrow and regret that I have to inform all at Twisted Talent and Destruction that the Board and owners of Just Say Rock have made a tough decision. Due to a drastic slow down of sales for Screamfest Australia and excessive poor sales for the Destruction side shows; The board of Just Say Rock cannot afford to bring Destruction down to Australia for the festival and other shows. I literally fought tooth and nail and tried everything in order to persuade them not to make this decision. However, I am not the owner and I do not fund the company, which was pointed out to me.

"'I am personally gutted, bitter and disappointed with the outcome but am powerless to change or alter the final outcome - no matter how hard I argued with them. I can only imagine how disappointed you will all feel, if it is half of what I feel, it is terrible, especially after all the effort and work that went into this. For any correspondence on this matter contact one of the Board Members, owners and financiers of Just Say Rock direct; Tony Oxley. His email is tony@ic12.com.au He has been copied into this email. From my side, the only thing that I can say is that I would like to try and eventually get Destruction over to Australia at a later stage.

"'Regards, Nik Just Say Rock'"