Bad Omens erklären, warum sie aus der Tour mit The Amity Affliction ausgetreten sind

Ihr wisst es, wir wissen es. Jede Geschichte hat immer mindestens zwei Seiten, von deren Perspektive aus sie erzählt wird. Bestes Beispiel: Das aktuelle Trara um den Austritt von Bad Omens aus der erst kurz zuvor bestätigten US-Tour mit The Amity Affliction und Senses Fail.

Letztere zwei Co-Headliner ließen gestern in einem Update an ihre Fans wissen, dass sich erstere angeblich wegen eines zu kleinen Logos aus der geplanten Rutsche verabschiedet haben.

Das Echo war groß und auch wir ließen uns gestern Abend zu einem definitiv nicht spöttischen, eher witzelnden Kommentar hinreißen. Erst nachdem der Beitrag online ging, schilderten auch die zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits geknechteten Bad Omens ihre Sicht der Dinge. Und diese wollen wir euch fairerweise natürlich nicht vorenthalten.

Bad Omens schildern ihre Sicht der Dinge

Wie BO betonen, sei man stets professionell und respektvoll gegenüber den Bands, mit denen man sich auf Tour begibt. Man nehnme Abstand davon, als Band dazustehen, die Probleme erschafft oder sich stets in irgendwelchen „Dramen“ verwickelt sieht. Die Band selbst wollte noch nicht einmal ein großes Ereignis aus ihrem raschen Abtritt machen (dass es anders kam, wissen wir ja mittlerweile).

Aufhänger des Ganzen seien Vereinbarungen innerhalb des Deals mit TAA/SF gewesen, wonach Bad Omens als direkter Support der Co-Headliner hervorgehoben werden sollte. Genau dies sei abgemacht gewesen und wurde in der finalen Ankündigung demnach nicht berücksichtigt. Ein entsprechendes Gesuch einer Änderung des Flyers sei zudem abgewiesen worden.

Für Bad Omens ein kritischer Grund, zurückzutreten. Man wolle nicht „eine dieser jungen Bands“ sein, „die von älteren Bands herumgeschubst“ wird. Fair enough. Hier das Statement in Gänze:

„We are always professional and respectful with the bands that we tour with. Anyone that’s toured with us can attest to that. We are not a band that creates problems or ever finds itself involved in “drama”. With that being said the last thing we wanted to do was make a big deal out of our departure from the tour with Senses Fail / Amity Affliction when announcing that we would no longer be on it. But due to both Senses Fail and The Amity Affliction’s attempts to publicly drag our name in the mud along with all of the online bullying they’ve not only welcomed but encouraged – they’ve forced our hand.

The terms of our deal to be the direct support act on this co-headline tour were negotiated prior to accepting the tour and they were not honored. Our team politely and professionally asked it to be honored before the tour was announced and they refused.

Specific assets requested were neither sent or approved. After all of this and the tour still going live we did our best to remedy the situation to stay involved and we were met with total disrespect. At this point it was a matter of principle. We aren’t going to be another young band that gets pushed around by older bands. Sorry if that doesn’t work for you. This public shaming campaign the bands have created online is both ironic and symbolic to the situation, as well as confirmation we made the right choice by leaving this tour. I grew up listening to Senses Fail and I never imagined they would stimulate this kind of bullying or shaming over something so trivial – this unprofessional and ugly behavior is highly disappointing. None the less we wish the bands the best on their tour, and we apologize to anyone we’ve disappointed by dropping off the tour.

Standing up for yourself in any type of relationship, whether business or personal, is something Bad Omens believes in. Sometimes
that means people get upset, hence having to write this.“

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We are always professional and respectful with the bands that we tour with. Anyone that’s toured with us can attest to that. We are not a band that creates problems or ever finds itself involved in “drama”. With that being said the last thing we wanted to do was make a big deal out of our departure from the tour with Senses Fail / Amity Affliction when announcing that we would no longer be on it. But due to both Senses Fail and The Amity Affliction’s attempts to publicly drag our name in the mud along with all of the online bullying they’ve not only welcomed but encouraged – they’ve forced our hand. The terms of our deal to be the direct support act on this co-headline tour were negotiated prior to accepting the tour and they were not honored. Our team politely and professionally asked it to be honored before the tour was announced and they refused. Specific assets requested were neither sent or approved. After all of this and the tour still going live we did our best to remedy the situation to stay involved and we were met with total disrespect. At this point it was a matter of principle. We aren’t going to be another young band that gets pushed around by older bands. Sorry if that doesn’t work for you. This public shaming campaign the bands have created online is both ironic and symbolic to the situation, as well as confirmation we made the right choice by leaving this tour. I grew up listening to Senses Fail and I never imagined they would stimulate this kind of bullying or shaming over something so trivial – this unprofessional and ugly behavior is highly disappointing. None the less we wish the bands the best on their tour, and we apologize to anyone we’ve disappointed by dropping off the tour. Standing up for yourself in any type of relationship, whether business or personal, is something Bad Omens believes in. Sometimes that means people get upset, hence having to write this. We hope you enjoy our new shirt design. Go to badomensofficial.com for our upcoming tour dates. Link in bio

Ein Beitrag geteilt von (@badomensofficial) am Nov 8, 2018 um 1:31 PST

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