HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Explains DOWNLOAD Cancellation

June 12, 2007

Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR have issued a statement explaining their absence from this past weekend's Download festival, whick took place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England.

Says the band: "To all our fans that waited for us at Download festival we are so disappointed that we couldn't make it. On Saturday evening [June 9] the tour bus broke down in Germany on the way to the festival. When all effort to fix the bus, find a new bus and to book flights failed we had no chance to make it to Donington. We hope to see you soon!"

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR recently posted its new single, "Bastards", at its MySpace page. The single was released in Sweden on June 6 via Gain. A demo version of another new song, entitled "Sophisticated Ladies", is also available on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's recently recorded 14-song demo of material that will appear on the band's upcoming studio album. Other new songtitles include "Lesson in Violence", "Sensitive to the Light" and "Dreamin' in a Casket". The new full-length CD is expected to surface in the fall.

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR released a live DVD, entitled "Live Zone", in June 2006 via Pan Vision. The disc features a recording of the band's live performance on March 25, 2006 at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden.

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR's latest, self-titled effort was released in Sweden in early November 2005 on the Gain label.

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