EVERGREY: Spanish, Portuguese Dates Cancelled

May 25, 2010

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have issued the following update:

"Due to a break-in in EVERGREY's tourbus all gigs in Spain and Portugal are cancelled. EVERGREY lost equipment and merchandise for a value BEYOND 35,000 euros so it is impossible to continue… We pass Lyon on the way home and will use the equipment of the local support. MAYBE we can go home and get new equipment for the Holland shows and come back, but this is still uncertain… A list of ALL things stolen will be presented [on our official web site] together with the police report. More details on this soon…

"To our Spanish and Portuguese fans, we are extremely sorry but we have NO chance of making it with everything being stolen."

Affected dates:

May 26 - Llodio - Laudio Metal - ES
May 27 - A Coruña- Coliseum (El Túnel) - ES
May 28 - Benavente - Side B - PT
May 29 - Albacete - Ginetarock 2010 - ES
May 30 - Madrid - Rock Kitchen - ES
May 31 - Barcelona - Salamandra - ES

Fan-filmed video footage of EVERGREY's May 18, 2010 performance at Loch Ness in Krakow, Poland can be viewed below.

EVERGREY recently parted ways with Henrik Danhage (guitar),Jonas Ekdahl (drums) and Jari Kainulainen (bass) and replaced them with Marcus Jidell (ex-ROYAL HUNT),Hannes Van Dahl and Johan Niemann (ex-THERION, MIND'S EYE),respectively.

In an official statement posted at the band's web site, guitarist/vocalist Tom S. Englund explained the decision, saying "The last tours, recordings and just hanging with each other has not been as fun and giving as earlier AND before it would go too far, resulting in a collision in between friends, which could ruin everything we have built up during the years, we decided to call it quits.

"It's sometimes both smart and foreseeing to end situations before they get out of hand and create something that is totally unnecessary and irreparable. To be in a band must be experienced as fun, giving and fulfilling. There is SO much time during a life as a touring musician that is boring that if you don't even enjoy yourself while playing then it's better to do something else."

EVERGREY's new lineup:

* Tom S. Englund - Guitar/Vocals
* Rikard Zander - Keyboards
* Marcus Jidell (ex-ROYAL HUNT) - Guitar
* Johan Niemann (ex-THERION, MIND'S EYE) - Bass
* Hannes Van Dahl - Drums

EVERGREY has a full album written and partially recorded. A tentative October release is expected.

The band added, "As with ANY change, when you give it time you realize that it's turned out for the better. So far in this EVER-LASTING changing of members in EVERGREY, it's always turned out great and brought fresh blood and motivation into the band, and the level of wanting to prove ourselves as a band is higher than EVER before."

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