MANOWAR Bassist Talks To Swedish TV About Organizational Problems Behind GETAWAY ROCK FESTIVAL
December 15, 2011MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio spoke to the Swedish TV channel SVT about the organizational difficulties encountered by the promoters of the 2012 edition of the Getaway Rock Festival, which MANOWAR is scheduled to headline.
Joey was alerted to problems with the festival last month and flew to Sweden to sort them out.
This year's Getaway Rock festival is set to take place July 5-7, 2012 in Gävle, Sweden.
DeMaio appeared onstage at this past summer's Getaway Rock festival to announce MANOWAR's appearance at the event as next year's headliners.
This will be the fulfillment of MANOWAR's promise to return in triumph to the Swedish festival scene after 12 years.
"The Swedish fans have won; their belief, shown by their non-acceptance of false metal is the reason we will finally return," said DeMaio after the announcement. "There was no compromise in their voices, nor in our resolve; we promised each other that it's all or nothing.
"It is no secret that there was a war between promoters as to who would bring MANOWAR back to Sweden and finally give the fans what they want and Getaway won.
“We played our last festival in Sweden in 1999 and we promised we would not return until we could give our fans what they deserve and next year that promise will be fulfilled. We vow to crack the earth with power and might.
"This will be a show which no true metal warrior will want to miss. We are calling all Manowarriors not only from Scandinavia, but from all over the world to join us for earth-shattering, face-melting metal..
"The voice of the fans in Sweden has been heard, many other countries will also take heed and their voice, too, will be the reason MANOWAR will appear in their country next."
Added Getaway Rock festival organizer Tomas Gernberg: "This is a major step for us and naturally we are honored that we could secure MANOWAR as headliners for Getaway Rock festival 2012. MANOWAR have a strong and loyal following in Sweden, Scandinavia and all over the world. We are proud to be the ones to bring the band back to Sweden."
For more information, visit www.getawayrock.se.
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