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Shockwave Festival 2012 Canceled

posted Jul 4, 2012 at 4:33 PM by xFiruath.  (10 Comments)

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After Fear Factory just recently announced the band was dropping off the Shockwave Festival, which was set to kick off on July 6th, the organizers of the tour have now issued the following statement about the entire run being shut down:

“It is with great disappointment that we have to make this announcement. With the recent departure of Voivod from the Shockwave Festival lineup, as well as low advance tickets sales we have decided to pull the plug on the Shockwave Festival.

"For purchases made with a credit card, your card will automatically be refunded. All other refunds are available at point of purchase.

"We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused."

For more info on the Shockwave Festival, head over to the tour's official Facebook profile here.

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10 Comments on "Shockwave Festival Canceled"

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1. Big_bud26 writes:

Hi,I was just getting ready to look INTO this fest now it cancelled I'm annouid and Voivod I say meh..on sorry but..didn't know Fear Factory pulled out but..NO offense to them but..in alot of the metal heads I know on Fear Factory they either say lame or suck sad to say. Also with Mayhem fest this year lame this blows.

# Jul 5, 2012 @ 3:03 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Deathblooms writes:

That's too bad, I was looking forward to this tour. Not really surprised it was cancelled though, not a lot of big draws on the bill, but it was an interesting lineup.

# Jul 5, 2012 @ 1:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. deathbringer writes:

I did not care about most of the smaller bands and had no desire to see them. I hope Havok and Fear Factory will go out on tour together - I'd see that instead.

# Jul 5, 2012 @ 2:00 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Jackrum writes:

IMO it looks like a poor lineup which would explain low tix sales.

Id pay to see FF and have.

voivod i'll see if they are on at a fest.

the rest = meh

# Jul 5, 2012 @ 7:48 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. dethguy writes:

all I wanted to see was cattle decapitation, revocation, havok and FF

# Jul 5, 2012 @ 9:04 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. MooseDrool writes:

Well I don't really think this is that bad of a line-up, but it's not strong enough of a line-up to sell mass amounts of tickets, the smaller bands on this tour are pretty decent, Last Chance To Reason and Havok are impressive live, I do agree that a better headliner or 2 would have made this a bit more interesting and worthwhile although I have nothing against Voivod or Fear Factory, I guess we'll see what they do next time around.

# Jul 5, 2012 @ 9:11 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. Cr4wf0rdTxJ1ng0J4ng0 writes:

Cattle Decap would have been great...what a bummer. i wish I could go back to Ozzfest so I could appreciate it more. Idk. It seemed perfect. Like it'd be around forever.

# Jul 5, 2012 @ 9:21 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. HE HE HE HE writes:

wouldve been much better bill If Justin Bieber was on this \m/

# Jul 10, 2012 @ 9:46 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. Ricardo Garcia writes:

I wanted to see Fear Factory and Cattle Decap.. f***!

# Jul 21, 2012 @ 3:07 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. silvermountains writes:

Bummer so many bands dropped off - interesting bunch of bands would have been an interesting show for sure, but oh well now

# Jul 21, 2012 @ 6:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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