The Poodles, have been hit by the unfortunate decision (see below) to cancel the Thunderground Festival which was due to take place at Nottingham's Rock City on August 18th.
The boys, who were due to be the main support act to Wigwam, were to have included several new tracks from their forthcoming album (due October 1st 2007) and were looking forward to returning to the country where they so successfully launched their live attack on the UK market with Hammerfall earlier this year.
The promoter of Thunderground issued the following statement yesterday; "Hi all, It hurts me to say this but due to matters beyond my control and the total lack of support this show has received from the so-called fans; Thunderground is no more.
We left it as long as we could to allow for the late starters to buy their tickets but sadly this has not been the case".
"Full refunds will be given to the fantastic people that supported this event and help with travel insurance and flight refunds will be freely given if people had booked flights and now need to cancel".
"On a personal note; I'm totally done with this scene; after getting a line-up like this together and literally hemorrhaging money in order to bring this kind of show to the UK shores I am disgusted at the lukewarm response these bands have received. This was a once in a lifetime DREAM line-up.
My thanks go out to ARFM and AOR Heaven who helped out way beyond the call of duty - I will be forever in your debt".
"Again, my sincere apologies go out to those that supported this event. I also hope this serves as a wake up call to those that think these shows will always be around. Please go buy tickets to either Firefest or MelodicRockFest if you haven't done so already. Support those shows.
Good luck to everyone. Regards, Daren".
