The organizers of the annual Central Illinois Metalfest, which will take place this year from July 18th to 20th at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL, have issued the following update:

“Been a long, stressful past two weeks but here’s the scoop….MALEVOLENT CREATION contacted me three weeks ago and said they were not going on tour as planned (I Never booked them as a tour stop) and no dates for a tour were announced when I got the final word from MC frontman (Brett Hoffman) that they were a 120% go for the CIM…(you can check his blog added on May 12th announcing them playing the event here) where you can see they are confirmed.

Brett said he would contact the band and try to make this happen as he felt his word was on the line….as of july 2nd I have not heard from him as promised and basically the band is saying fuck the CIM and the fans that were traveling from all over the world to see them perform…Not once did they try to work some sort of deal to try to make this happen AND if I knew this was a problem I could of booked them a show or two on the way to and from to make it work as I have my own Booking Agency…. It really bugs me as this was the band that got me into wanting to play death metal and having them on the bill was the highlight of all my work with the festival and to have them have no respect or concern for the thousands of dollars spent promoting their set and the problems it causes for me personally to scramble to find a band with 17 days to go till the event..is utter and complete bullshit!!!..so all i can say is i’m sorry for their unprofessionalism and we will never work with the band EVER again and warn caution to anyone who books them as this could happen to you….

SO…MONSTROSITY will be now headlining again on friday the 18th and MISERY INDEX will now play the co headlining slot…..ESTUARY from Ohio has been added to the CIM and DEADNIGHT from IL has replaced EBONMORTIS who had to cancel due to lineup issues….

All other bands are scheduled to appear and things are all ready on my end…keep your fingers crossed no more stress!!! Travel safe and see you all soon!!!!”

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f28rank wrote:

What a crybaby little girl. “Waaahhh they’re saying they hate their fans and don’t want to play our goofy little festival!1 I’m gonna swear and cry about it!”

July 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 am

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