Robb Flynn of Machine Head has informed French fans that their upcoming “An Evening With Machine Head ” tour date in Paris is canceled, via Flynn’s blog The General’s Journals. The band was unable to find a suitable venue, following the closing of Le Battaclan, after the terror attacks of November 13th.
French Head Cases, we are very disappointed to break this news to you, but unfortunately, a new venue / date was not able to be sorted in time for a Paris show (originally scheduled for Feb 16th, 2016).
As we announced previous, it was expected for almost a month that Le Bataclan would re-open in time for our show, but in December we got news that it would (understandably) remain closed for continued investigations after the terror attacks.
At that point, we looked into every possible option, adding a date at the beginning, a date in the first week, tagging on to the end of tour after Glasgow… everything… no luck. The sad fact is, we were a month behind most every other re-routing happening.
4 months worth of tour dates having to get re-routed in light of Le Bataclan closing, has meant a staggering overflow for the very few venues that host rock music, and many Paris dates have been cancelled. Le Bataclan was also one of the few venues suited for the expected attendance of 2,000 people, and that allowed us our substantial production needs.
All other Machine Head dates in the French provinces including Nimes, Bordeaux, Clermont Ferrand, Reims and Lille are still happening.
We are hoping to get back to Paris as soon as possible, but for now it will not be on this upcoming tour.
“Fluctuat nec mergitur”
Machine Head An Evening With Machine Head Northern Europe Tour Dates 2016
Feb 02 L’Usine – Geneva, CH
Feb 04: PALOMA – Nimes, FR
Feb 06: Sala Capitol – Santiago De Compostela, ES
Feb 07: Coliseu do Porto – Porto, PT
Feb 08: Coliseu dos Recrois – Lisbon, PT
Feb 10: Industrial Copera – Granada, ES
Feb 11: Riviera – Madrid, ES
Feb 12: Razzmatazz – Barcelona, ES
Feb 14: Rocher de Palmer – Cenon, FR
Feb 15: Coop de Mai – Clermont-Ferrand, FR
Feb 17: Den Atelier – Luxembourg, LU
Feb 19: Cartonnerie – Reims, FR
Feb 20: Aeronef – Lille, FR
Feb 21: FZW – Dortmund, DE
Feb 22: Longhorn LKA – Stuttgart, DE
Feb 24: Batschkapp – Frankfurt, DE
Feb 25: Alter Schlachthof – Dresden, DE
Feb 26: Capitol – Hannover, DE
Feb 27: Huxleys Neue Welt – Berlin, DE
Feb 29: 013 Tilburg, NL
Mar 02: Open – Norwich, UK
Mar 03: Rock City – Nottingham, UK
Mar 05: Limelight – Belfast, UK
Mar 06: Olympia – Dublin, IE
Mar 08: Academy – Manchester, UK
Mar 10: Great Hall – Cardiff, UK
Mar 11: Eventim Apollo – London, UK
Mar 12: 02 Academy – Glasgow, UK
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