Based on Ilta-Sanomat, DREAM THEATER‘s live performance in Oulu, Finland on Friday (February 3) was canceled a short while earlier than the present was supposed to start out.
Ticketmaster, which was chargeable for the occasion’s ticket gross sales, introduced the cancelation through a message despatched to those that bought the ticket simply over half an hour earlier than the primary help band was speculated to take the stage at Oulun Energia Areena.
Within the message, Ticketmaster stated the present was known as off for “safety causes”.
Toni Peiju, CEO of the occasion manufacturing firm All Issues Reside Finland Oy, which was chargeable for organizing the live performance, advised Ilta-Sanomat that “the subcontractor firm had made a stage that was not secure to carry out on. The lighting and sound gear are heavy, and the stage constructions wouldn’t have been enough to help their weight. The lights wouldn’t have been allowed to hold. It was purely a safety matter.”
Peiju went on to say that the platform was supposed to face up to the load of DREAM THEATER‘s gear, however an on-the-spot test uncovered that it could not have been in a position to deal with the load.
“There was no different possibility however to drag the plug on the present,” he stated. “I would not have had time to do something with the stage” earlier than DREAM THEATER was scheduled to carry out, Peiju stated.
Peiju stated that he had no selection however to return the ticket cash to the shoppers.
“The band is transferring on [with its tour], so organizing a substitute gig is sort of inconceivable,” he stated.
“I wish to emphasize that this was by no means the band’s fault. I can solely specific my remorse on behalf of the organizer.”
The band stated in a put up on social media: “Tonight’s live performance at Oulu’s Energia-Areena has been cancelled attributable to sudden security causes that the band or the organizer haven’t been in a position to affect. We apologize for the inconvenience to our Finnish followers.”
DREAM THEATER is constant to tour in help of its newest album, “A View From The High Of The World”, which got here out in October 2021. A monitor from the LP, “The Alien”, landed the band its first-ever Grammy within the “Finest Steel Efficiency” class on the sixty fourth annual Grammy Awards, which was held in April 2022 in Las Vegas. DREAM THEATER‘s earlier Grammy nominations have been for the track “On The Backs Of Angels”, from 2011’s “A Dramatic Flip Of Occasions” album, and the one “The Enemy Inside” from 2013’s “Dream Theater”.
“A View From The High Of The World” was described in a press launch as “DREAM THEATER at its musical best, increasing on the sound they helped create whereas sustaining the weather which have garnered them devoted followers across the globe.” The seven-song album additionally marked the second studio album with InsideOut Music/Sony Music. The art work was created by longtime cowl collaborator Hugh Syme (RUSH, IRON MAIDEN, STONE SOUR). “A View From The High Of The World” was produced by guitarist John Petrucci, engineered and extra manufacturing by James “Jimmy T” Meslin and combined/mastered by Andy Sneap.
Tonight’s live performance at Oulu’s Energia-Areena has been cancelled attributable to sudden security causes that the band or the organizer haven’t been in a position to affect. We apologize for the inconvenience to our Finnish followers.
Ticket patrons can be refunded through Ticketmaster.
— Dream Theater (@dreamtheaternet) February 3, 2023
