Saxon Frontman Apologizes For South American Tour Cancellation
Saxon frontman Biff Byford has posted the following message on the band's official web site:
"First of all we have to say a big sorry to our South American fans. Thomas [Jensen, SAXON manager] has had to made some quite brutal decisions. There was some problems with the visas and some other business bullshit, but the other problem was the housefire did put our whole schedule back six months, so we're behind on the album writing; the tour starts in March, [and] the album has to be out by then. So a big sorry to Paulo Baron and our fans. As they were festivals and not SAXON headline shows, we took the decision to cancel them.
"On the next album we're are trying to make a massive affort to target England to bring the profile back up and we have been approached to make a documentary as part of this. It is not a reality show. The [secret] concert in Lincoln [which was held last Friday, Oct. 27] was part of the documentary. There will be many other things happening. As soon as we can tell people what's happening you'll be the first to know.
"On another note, we will be relaunching the website soon, which will have much more capabilities e.g. downloads, a dedicated forum, more constant news and tons more. We will fill you in later on what's happening there."
"First of all we have to say a big sorry to our South American fans. Thomas [Jensen, SAXON manager] has had to made some quite brutal decisions. There was some problems with the visas and some other business bullshit, but the other problem was the housefire did put our whole schedule back six months, so we're behind on the album writing; the tour starts in March, [and] the album has to be out by then. So a big sorry to Paulo Baron and our fans. As they were festivals and not SAXON headline shows, we took the decision to cancel them.
"On the next album we're are trying to make a massive affort to target England to bring the profile back up and we have been approached to make a documentary as part of this. It is not a reality show. The [secret] concert in Lincoln [which was held last Friday, Oct. 27] was part of the documentary. There will be many other things happening. As soon as we can tell people what's happening you'll be the first to know.
"On another note, we will be relaunching the website soon, which will have much more capabilities e.g. downloads, a dedicated forum, more constant news and tons more. We will fill you in later on what's happening there."