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Down - Cancel Hellfest Appearance And European Dates


After Hellfest refused to drop Down from their line-up, losing its subsidy funding in the process, now the band has decided to cancel their appearance. Furthermore, Down have cancelled all of their European tour dates, including Download and Graspop Metal Meeting 2016 following Phil Anselmo's "white power" gesture and shouting.

Here is Phil Anselmo's statement released by Hellfest about the cancellation: "Dearest Ben - Philip H. Anselmo here Brother... First, and foremost, there is no way I can possibly thank you enough for 'fighting the good fight' for me, and all of my bands, namely Down in this instance. Your love & backbone will never be forgotten, and from this point on through the rest of my fighting life, I owe you every ounce of praise!

"My awful mistake has taken a toll on my reputation, and justly so! However I must point out, you damned-well know me better than this drunken incident could ever describe. Hellfest is my heart! And my embarrassment is tremendous, because I only have love for people all over this skirmishing earth.

"So my brother, it fucking rips my heart into further pieces to let you know, I don't think I should do any Euro festivals this year. So PLEASE I BEG YOU, give me this time to get my brain clear, and to come back (if you will have me back) next year my brother, I implore you! Plus, the re-emergence of the knee injuries have been plaguing me of late as well, so I must address this too, through physical rehabilitation & rest. Knowing my character, when I put my mind to something this dire, I come back 100-times better, and that's what the Mighty Hellfest deserves!

"My love for you & the rest of the gang that makes Hellfest the tops, goes on and on and on... Much love & respect - Philip H. Anselmo (and the H. stands for Healing).
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Source: hellfest.fr
Band profile: Down
Posted: 11.03.2016 by BloodTears


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11.03.2016 - 18:27
Necrotion7
And so it continues lol
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11.03.2016 - 20:26
Daniell
_爱情_
Elite
That idiot should stay at home. This way he won't offend any more people.
He ruined Pantera for me. I can't listen to the band without thinking what a retard the singer is.
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11.03.2016 - 20:46
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Daniell on 11.03.2016 at 20:26

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He ruined Pantera for me. I can't listen to the band without thinking what a retard the singer is.

We have no much things in common, but he is why I don't like that band to, (unless its PM albums) , seems we have one thing in common after all
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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11.03.2016 - 21:05
Daniell
_爱情_
Elite
Written by Bad English on 11.03.2016 at 20:46

We have no much things in common, but he is why I don't like that band to, (unless its PM albums) , seems we have one thing in common after all

Looks like it
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11.03.2016 - 23:11
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Daniell on 11.03.2016 at 20:26

He ruined Pantera for me. I can't listen to the band without thinking what a retard the singer is.

You can always listen to their glam power era albums.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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11.03.2016 - 23:34
Zap
Ridiculously blown out of proportion.
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12.03.2016 - 00:23
Written by Zap on 11.03.2016 at 23:34

Ridiculously blown out of proportion.

Did he make such big mistake? Yes, he did. Shall he be somehow "punished"? I think so, however, it is more than agreed, it's getting out of proportion.

IMHO, Phil Anselmo acts like a pitbull, he doesn't think over what he says and then the shit is already done and there's no way to be repaired at all! He's fucking stupid and not necessary a pig racist, although there's no way to defend/support this guy, after all, it's not the first time he said something related to "white power" supremacy or whatever bullshit it might be. As a matter of fact, this side had already once surfaced during one of his speech fronting Pantera back in the late 90's.

Anyway, I don't think this is right thing to be done regarding this issue. Instead of cancelling the EU tour and let the Down fans and especially his band members, who got nothing to do with this issue, he'd better do something better to clean up his current nasty image towards the metal community. For instance, he could donate a substantial amount of cash to an antiracism NGO or a jewish community as Scott Ian clever suggested him to do.

In fact, If I were on his shoes, The main purpose of his life must be: clean up from substances from now on. No matter whether it was booze, dope or something harder. That would make him better as human being and realize how pricky he was with such statements.
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12.03.2016 - 03:33
Traezeus
This guy makes me sick. He should just keep his big, stupid mouth shut, crawl into a hole, and never be seen again. We'd all be better off.
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12.03.2016 - 05:19
YourRequiem
So i guess they aren't down to play any shows anytime soon
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12.03.2016 - 09:43
qlacs
"The Quaker"
Geez, there are so many musicians who are on the opposite side of being humble, and most of us gets how egotistic they are. This story just keeps being repeated until it burns into your head and (stupidly) you start to relate the music to the person and re-evaluate it on this criteria. Music is meant to be listened for the sake of its own! I hope people will still enjoy both Pantera and Down and not fall into this bs.
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12.03.2016 - 11:26
Timelord
Written by Annihilator- HH on 12.03.2016 at 00:23

Written by Zap on 11.03.2016 at 23:34

Ridiculously blown out of proportion.

Did he make such big mistake? Yes, he did. Shall he be somehow "punished"? I think so, however, it is more than agreed, it's getting out of proportion.

IMHO, Phil Anselmo acts like a pitbull, he doesn't think over what he says and then the shit is already done and there's no way to be repaired at all! He's fucking stupid and not necessary a pig racist, although there's no way to defend/support this guy, after all, it's not the first time he said something related to "white power" supremacy or whatever bullshit it might be. As a matter of fact, this side had already once surfaced during one of his speech fronting Pantera back in the late 90's.

Anyway, I don't think this is right thing to be done regarding this issue. Instead of cancelling the EU tour and let the Down fans and especially his band members, who got nothing to do with this issue, he'd better do something better to clean up his current nasty image towards the metal community. For instance, he could donate a substantial amount of cash to an antiracism NGO or a jewish community as Scott Ian clever suggested him to do.

In fact, If I were on his shoes, The main purpose of his life must be: clean up from substances from now on. No matter whether it was booze, dope or something harder. That would make him better as human being and realize how pricky he was with such statements.

With all the ANTI-WHITE that has flooded every mainstream radio station,book,magazine, tv and movie screen that never gets criticized or mentioned. Now Phil needs to donate to some Jewish scam foundation? It is blown out of proportion because he is white end of story. Robert Rodriguez is a big supporter of La Raza yet he has a fucking tv channel called El Rey. Where is the outcry of him needing to donate money to somebody that was offended? How about the billionaire Oprah who says all the racists just need to DIE! Ask the people of Palestine who's children have been MURDERED and MOCKED by jews like it was some contest to see who could kill the most. OH but Phil made some drunken rant! He needs to do this or that donate money to jews. Stand up phil! Admit it was stupid! PLAY YOUR SHOWS! Don't cower to this!
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12.03.2016 - 17:11
Any form of racism is bulshit! I agree with you black people, who are racist, are also stupid the same way whites are against them. No matter if they're a minority. Racism is racism, period.

If Phil was drunken, whenever he made this "mistake", it's about time for him to get sober, after all, it was not the very first time he's screwed up on this subject. This way, there will be no further excuses in the future and we'll know for sure, whether or not he's a scumbag.

To sum up, I agreed it was getting out of proportion and if I were you, I would commit on the EU tour. The shit was already done and there's no way to fix it up what it was built!
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13.03.2016 - 19:33
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Vulgar Display Of White Power, lmao.
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15.03.2016 - 19:19
afu
Phil has been humiliated and humbled. I think the interwebz could just chill and give him a chance to reflect on doing something stupid. Constantly beating down a person doesn't teach them a lesson, it makes them entrench and/or hate their opponent.

If he comes back and shows he hasn't learned, then dump a big pot of shit all over him, but then back off and see if he's learned anything. People can change when given the appropriate motivation.
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