Technical difficulties are a part of putting on live shows – but technical difficulties that actually impact the people putting on the show are far and few between; and the Swedish metal band Avatar had a technical difficulty that ended up quite literally shocking some of their crew.
It's unclear if fans in attendance knew of the cause of the abrupt end to Avatar's London show (February 14th), but vocalist Johannes Eckerström posted a video statement to Instagram the morning after (February 15th) explaining exactly what happened:
“Hello everyone watching, particularly the people of London who came out to see our show tonight. As you heard, we didn’t make it quite to the finish line.
The whole stage became electrified. It burnt up some of our equipment and also shocked — severely shocked — two guys in our crew.
We have deemed this venue not safe to perform in any longer. Like, we could get hurt, we we’re simply lucky. The crew guys are fine now, so also lucky. But this is not a safe place to be for you or for us, so how about a rain check?
We want to figure out what we can do to come back as soon as we can and do you right London. I think both you and us deserve that very much.
Thank you for an amazing hour-plus at least, it was supposed to be a bit longer. You were amazing, we were pretty amazing too. Let’s find an amazing place to finish this.”
You can find tickets to the rest of the Avatar tour dates here, and the list of remaining dates below.
Avatar with Alien Weaponry: Feb 16 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Feb 17 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Feb 18 – Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy Feb 20 – Amsterdam. NET @ AFAS Live Feb 21 – Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX @ Rockhal Feb 22 – Zurich, SWI @ Komplex Feb 24 – Barcelona, SPA @ Razzmatazz Feb 25 – Madrid, SPA @ La Riviera Feb 27 – Lisbon, POR @ LAV Feb 28 – Bilbao, SPA @ Santana 27 Mar 2 – Lyon, FRA @ Le Cube Mar 3 – Milan, ITA @ Alcatraz Mar 4 – Vienna, AUT @ Gasometer Mar 5 – Munich, GER @ Tonhalle Mar 6 – Cologne, GER @ E-Werk Mar 7 – Paris, FRA @ Le Zenith Mar 9 – Wiesbaden, GER @ Schlachthof Mar 10 – Zlin, CZE @ Sports Hall Datart Mar 11 – Warsaw, POL @ Stodola Mar 12 – Berlin, GER @ Columbiahalle Mar 13 – Hamburg, GER @ Docks