There was an arena-sized group of ticked-off followers in Vancouver Friday evening when Zac Brown Band was compelled to cancel its present at Rogers Area, simply hours earlier than they had been scheduled to take to the stage.
In accordance with a tweet from a Vancouver nation radio station, the preliminary motive given for the cancellation was “unexpected logistical points,” including, “Right now, there are not any plans to reschedule.”
In accordance with a press release the band gave to Individuals, the live performance needed to be cancelled when some members of the band weren’t allowed to cross the border resulting from previous legal information.
“We’re sorry to announce that we received’t have the ability to carry out in Vancouver tonight. Our Canadian followers are unimaginable, and we might love nothing greater than to share a night of music collectively,” the assertion learn.
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“A few of our crew members had costs on their information from over a decade in the past which have since been eliminated. Our crew has commonly carried out in Canada for 10 years, together with two performances this 12 months alone,” the assertion continued.
Though the band has carried out in Canada on quite a few events over the previous few years, the assertion identified that they “have been on the mercy of a single border agent who decides who’s allowed in to work, and sadly, not everybody was in a position to make it within the nation final evening.”
As for why the band didn’t enter the nation and carry out with out these members, the assertion added, “We’re a household, a tribe. We stick collectively and help one another and we by no means go away anybody behind. As a band who prides themselves on exhibiting up with pleasure and professionalism, we are going to at all times play the place we’re welcome and appreciated, and we’re so sorry we will’t be there tonight.”
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A supply spoke with Individuals about what happened, and provided extra particulars.
“Zac and his band and crew had been detained in Vancouver for 2 hours as a result of a number of of his crew members had infractions that had been expunged years and years in the past,” stated the supply. “Zac refused to depart his crew members behind as a result of they’re like a household, so he determined to cancel the present. He’s tremendous upset about it as a result of he loves his followers however he at all times says his crew — they’re like a household.”
The Eleventh-hour left followers reeling, and so they took to Twitter to share their disappointment — together with some who had travelled enormous distances simply to see the present.