CIRCUS MAXIMUS Apologizes For North American Tour Cancellation

December 28, 2007

Vocalist Michael Eriksen of the Norwegian progressive metal band CIRCUS MAXIMUS has issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of the group's North American tour:

"To all fans and friends in the States, we are sorry to say that we have to cancel the upcoming tour due to some major turn of events. The reason is that we have been offered to participate on a European tour as support for a bigger act. This is an opportunity that we can`t say no to. We hope you all understand our decision and that we will see you all on tour, hopefully in the near future."

"We would also like to throw a BIG thank you to Glenn, Hoyt, Lars and Claus at Intromental [management company] who have been working their asses of for the last six months. Without them a USA tour wouldn't even be possible. They even believed in the tour after CIRCLE II CIRCLE had to cancel and that is something that they should get a lot of credit for. Kudos to them!! They support and respect our decision and understand that this is a very important move for our career in Europe and a huge step for the band in general."

"Isolate", the sophomore album from CIRCUS MAXIMUS, entered the Norwegian chart at position No. 70 (No. 33 on the chart featuring only Norwegian artists).

Released in the U.S. on September 4 via Sensory Records, "Isolate"'s lyrical concept deals with "how much you can lose until you go completely mad, and how much have lost when insanity finally embraces you," the group recently said. "It's really up to the listener (and reader ...) to interpret the story themselves, because it can be understood in different ways and we don't want to spoil the surprise."

CIRCUS MAXIMUS released its critically acclaimed debut album, "The First Chapter", in 2005 via Frontiers Records.

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