Italian power metal veterans Rhapsody Of Fire were supposed to perform in Tel Aviv, Israel (at Havana Club) on August 3rd infront of 300 fans, after cancelling the original date, July 10th, but that show appearantly isn't going to happen either. ProgStage Productions, originizers of the concert, were reluctant and were forced to announce its cancellation. ProgStage publically shared in a post on the official Facebook event the main reasons for the concert's cancellation. The full statement can be found below.

Official statement from ProgStage Productions: "The situation isn't entirely clear, but it starts to clear up. It appears that the band are going through some sort of internal instability, that made Fabio Lione write to us a couple of weeks back that the planned concert in Israel will be his last with the band. Also, it appears that the band members wouldn't show up anyway, because, as their booking agent claims, the bassist's passport wasn't valid up until two weeks ago.

"On top of it all, half of the band members don't wish to continue working with their current booking agent, except Alex Staropoli, the band's keyboardist, who hasn't decided yet. A bold hint to the band's state is their recent inactivity on their official facebook page. Notice there wasn't one post after the band's cancellation announcement in July 8th, in neither their facebook page or their official website. Since their recent announcement about the original concert - there hasn't been one single update, and that comes from the mess that's happening backstage right now."

Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Rhapsody