Manowar have pulled out of the Loud Park Festival. Due to circumstances beyond either the promoter's or Manowar's control, the band will be unable to perform at Loud Park Festival on October 18th, 2014. The band will instead play 2 concerts at Zepp Diver City in Tokyo on October 29th and October 30th, 2014. The heavy metallers are currently hard at work on their next studio album as well.

The band explained what happened: "Due to a huge fire at the Port of Los Angeles last week the cargo vessel transporting Manowar's container to Japan was delayed, thereby arriving too late for the scheduled performance on October 18."

"Manowar's equipment is custom made and an irreplaceable part of our live performance. From the guitars, to our speaker cabinets and everything else in between. It would have been unfair to our Japanese fans to consider a solution that would have been less than 100% Manowar," said Joey DeMaio.

"The problems caused by the fire at the Port of Los Angeles created such severe disruption that even the backup vessel couldn't make it on time for the festival."

"We, along with the promoters, worked around the clock to find a solution and we are happy that we found one which allows us to give the Japanese Manowarriors the full ass-kicking power of a real Manowar show," added DeMaio.




Upcoming tour dates:

October 29, 2014 - Zepp Diver City - Tokyo, Japan (in place of Loud Park Festival)
October 30, 2014 - Zepp Diver City - Tokyo, Japan (in place of Loud Park Festival)
January 12, 2015 - ČEZ Aréna - Ostrava, Czech Republic
January 14, 2015 - Grugahalle - Essen, Germany
January 16, 2015 - Zenith - Munich, Germany
January 17, 2015 - Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt, Germany (sold out)
January 18, 2015 - St. Jakobshalle - Basel, Switzerland

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Band profile:	Manowar