Venom Pulls Out Of High Voltage Festival

British extreme metal godfathers Venom has announced that they have decided to pull out of Britain's High Voltage festival this year as a result of contractual differences. A message from the band's management reads as follows:

"We announced the concert in February in good faith and the band are very disappointed that they will not be playing at the festival, although their management are now looking at a possible replacement show in the UK for later this year."