The Final Dinner Get together have cancelled the rest of their UK tour dates “due to an unforeseen illness in the band” after some followers have been subjected to “strange” behaviour when arriving at a gig on the weekend.
It comes after the Brit-winning and Mercury nominated band mentioned they have been “appalled and disappointed” that some followers have been left feeling “uncomfortable and disrespected” at The Engine Shed in Lincoln.
Viewers members on-line steered male followers confronted prejudice and an investigation into safety coverage on the gig has since been launched by the venue. A number of male followers mentioned they have been quizzed on their data of the band earlier than they got entry.
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The band carried out at Studying Pageant in the summertime. Pic: Cowl Photographs/AP
The present in Lincoln was cancelled at quick discover, with the band citing a “sudden illness”. Now, they’ve known as off additional headline reveals in Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol and Southampton, “following medical advice”.
“We have to prioritise our health at this time,” the band mentioned in a press release on social media, saying they took the choice “with heavy hearts”.
In addition they cancelled a present in Cardiff on Sunday.
The Final Dinner Get together are an all-female indie outfit that includes lead singer Abigail Morris, guitarist Emily Roberts, Lizzie Mayland on rhythm, bassist Georgia Davies, and keyboard participant Aurora Nishevci.
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“We are devastated not to be sharing these nights with you, and to have missed the shows in Lincoln and Cardiff,” a press release on the band’s social media mentioned.
“It is best to all know you’ve got made this essentially the most fantastic yr of our lives and we will not thanks sufficient in your love and assist, really.
“TLDP is here today because of you and we want to keep touring and sharing our music with you for a long long time – but in order to do that we have to make serious decisions like these now so that our long term health doesn’t suffer.”
A press release posted on the band’s social media following the controversy on the Lincoln gig mentioned the band weren’t conscious of the safety insurance policies on the present and “they would not have been implemented had we been made aware of them in advance”.
The Engine Shed, which payments itself as Lincolnshire’s largest dwell music venue, posted a press release on its official Instagram web page to say their entry process had fallen “far short of our venue entry policy, which requires all attendees to be treated equally and be subject to the same entry requirements”.
It mentioned safety coverage was modified in response to “incidents” at one of many band’s earlier gigs, however that it resulted within the “unacceptable treatment of some guests” throughout entry.
The Final Dinner Get together’s debut album, Prelude To Ecstasy, topped the charts following its launch in February. It was subsequently nominated for this yr’s Mercury Prize, and the band additionally picked up the rising star gong on the Brit Awards.
