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Posted by norbinho19 on 09.07.2009 at12:38:

 

the fuckin' promoter of the festival is too blame, not machine head

here you can read the truth:

quote:

San Francisco metallers MACHINE HEAD have released the following statement: "It is with the utmost disappointment that we must announce that MACHINE HEAD will not be playing the Sonisphere date at Knebworth in the U.K. on August 2. "In a turn of events that has left us absolutely baffled, the promoter of the U.K. Sonisphere festival recently placed, unbeknownst to us, LIMP BIZKIT in our third slot on the festival. Seeing as the running order was a significant part of the negotiation and agreement between us and the promoter, and the fact that we had been advertised in that slot since the festival's announcement, you can imagine our surprise when we were 'told' that we would now be playing in the fourth slot, under LIMP BIZKIT, and bizarrely, it was actually expected that we would quietly move down the bill without issue. We will not. "MACHINE HEAD turned down the U.K.'s Download festival, a festival we are very fond of — which, incidentally, had us above LIMP BIZKIT — to commit to the Knebworth festival, as we felt a closer kinship to the bands performing this year. In an effort to make this situation in Knebworth work, we have spent more than a week striving to resolve this issue in a proper manner. Unfortunately, that did not happen. "So we have regrettably been left with no choice but to cancel our appearance rather than stand for the disrespect and indignity offered by a promoter who won't honor our agreement. While we know that our fans will be furious about this situation — as are we, beyond words — we trust that you will all understand our position, and we encourage you to voice your opinion about it as loud and clear as possible. "The rest of our festival dates across Europe, including the other Sonisphere dates, as well as our headline of the Wacken festival remain unchanged."

machine head deserves more respect!!!

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Posted by cradle on 09.07.2009 at13:05:

 

jep you say it !!! MH rocks !!

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Posted by metalandi on 09.07.2009 at13:09:

 

Well, the ones that are really blamed are the fans that wanted to see them..i think that both the festival and MH are to be blamed for it, the festival decided to put LB un their sdlot without asking them, but MH could have also said fuck it, let's just play so the people can see us at least, no matter what slot.

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Posted by norbinho19 on 09.07.2009 at13:31:

 

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Original von metalandi Well, the ones that are really blamed are the fans that wanted to see them..i think that both the festival and MH are to be blamed for it, the festival decided to put LB un their sdlot without asking them, but MH could have also said fuck it, let's just play so the people can see us at least, no matter what slot.

sure it's hard for the fans, but machine head had to wait very long for the respect they would have already deserved and i totally understand their decision.

why should they always say quite and don't give a fuck about such things?? was not the first time such kind of shit happened to them!!

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Posted by Livestrong on 09.07.2009 at18:10:

 

I second that. They HAD to raise their middle fingers to this promoter of the festival, because this was a fundamental breach of the contract.
If they always accept such decisions, the next promoter is going to fool around with them, too.

They know who they are and I totally understand their decision \m/

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Posted by Metallifreak on 10.07.2009 at06:05:

 

Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: Jul 9, 2009
Venue: Optimus Alive!09

Setlist:
Blackened
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Holier than Thou
Leper Messiah
Fade To Black
Broken, Beat And Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
One
All Nightmare Long
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Fight fire With Fire
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
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Die, Die My Darling
Whiplash
Seek and Destroy

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Posted by Livestrong on 10.07.2009 at08:10:

 

I like this set

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Posted by metalandi on 10.07.2009 at08:20:

 

Pretty nice indeed, nothing special, but i like that they're playing fade almost every gig now.

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Posted by Marmetal on 10.07.2009 at12:38:

 

Pretty cool setlist, Die and Whip are always good to see before Seek .

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Posted by Metallifreak on 11.07.2009 at09:12:

 

Btw, congratz to Montse for her M&G in Madrd

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Posted by norbinho19 on 11.07.2009 at10:15:

 

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Original von Metallifreak Btw, congratz to Montse for her M&G in Madrd

wow, cool, congratulations, montse!!

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Posted by Marmetal on 11.07.2009 at20:32:

 

Congratulations, that's really awesome!

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Posted by Marmetal on 12.07.2009 at08:12:

 

Setlist from Barcelona:

Fight Fire With Fire
Creeping Death
No Remorse
Of Wolf And Man
Fade To Black
Broken, Beat & Scarred
My Apocalypse
Sad But True
One
All Nightmare Long
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
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Stone Cold Crazy
Phantom Lord
Seek And Destroy

Nothing new, just kick ass heavy set .

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Posted by metalandi on 12.07.2009 at08:16:

 

Gotta say this set really kicks major ass, and a start with ffwf is always good

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Posted by Livestrong on 12.07.2009 at11:54:

 

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Original von Metallifreak Btw, congratz to Montse for her M&G in Madrd

Wow, congrats Montse

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Posted by Livestrong on 12.07.2009 at11:55:

 

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Original von metalandi Gotta say this set really kicks major ass, and a start with ffwf is always good

Absolutely heavy stuff

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Posted by metalandi on 14.07.2009 at07:19:

 

Madrid, Spain
Jul 13, 2009
Palacio de Deportes

That Was Just Your Life
The End Of The Line
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Holier Than Thou
One
Broken, Beat And Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
Turn The Page
All Nightmare Long
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Battery
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
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Blitzkrieg
Motorbreath
Seek and Destroy

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Posted by Metallifreak on 14.07.2009 at18:54:

 

Btw, our good Spanish friend Montse did some awesome promotion for our chapter. Have an look

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Posted by metalandi on 14.07.2009 at18:57:

 

Awesome montse, very cool of you to wear our shirt!!

Btw. when i saw the pic i couldn't hold back to laugh a bit, cause the difference in height is kinda..immense

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Posted by Metallifreak on 14.07.2009 at18:58:

 

As you know Andi, in German it's called "Standgebläse"