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Gigs & Festivals
Echo & The Bunnymen cancel US tour
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 9 November 2009
Echo & The Bunnymen have cancelled their US tour with just ten days to go because of a tax dispute. Which is very rock n roll.
The dispute with the American Internal Revenue Service relates to fees they charge to bands which tour in the country twice in any one 30-day period. The band played a one-off gig in New York last month, that would force them to pay the fee if they were to return for their new tour this month. What’s to stop them claiming the New York gig was an early first date of the new tour I’m not sure.
In a statement, the band said: “It’s with the deepest regret that Echo and the Bunnymen have had to cancel their USA November tour. This is due to unreasonable demands presented by the IRS for the band to enter the USA to tour”.
The Bunnymen also cancelled their headline set at Dubai SoundCity this weekend, though I’m not sure they can blame that on the tax man. Still, it enabled the infinitely superior Super Furry Animals to headline, which was really rather pleasing for me.
