News

August 19, 2007 2:50 PM
We have to clear up what happened at the Colombian show we recently
played. The show was cut short, and cut short for one reason only: THE
POLICE SHUT IT DOWN. Although we had terrible luck throughout the day
in other ways (major problems with the local audio equipment, Alex was
violently ill with food poisoning), these reasons would not be enough
to make us stop playing. We stopped because the local promoter told us
that we must stop because of the police. We had already played 11
songs (normally we play 17 or 18). We all wanted to play more, but the
promoter said it was impossible. Unfortunately, nobody explained this
situation to the fans, and many were angry, and a small riot ensued
during which time our banner and pedal boards were stolen.

It is very important to us in Cannibal Corpse that our fans understand
that we were not responsible in any way for being cut short, it was
the police. We are sorry to the fans there who saw us play a shorter
set than normal, but it was not our fault that we had to stop playing