According to the band's Myspace blog:
Godfathers US Tour Cancelled - But Chicago SVDM Still ON!
Legendary English rock and roll band THE GODFATHERS had hoped to tour the USA for the first time in 20 years through February. And it is with sincere regret that the group have to announce that this tour has now been severely curtailed due to the ongoing credit crunch.
In the financial Armageddon currently laying waste to banks and financial institutions there are plenty of innocent victims. CD and record shops, music retailers, venues and record companies are all struggling to survive the collective belt-tightening of a world living in fear for it's jobs and security.
The Godfathers' projected US tour in February is the latest victim of this financial meltdown. Only announced just before Christmas, the seismic shifts in the world economy and general doom and gloom in the music business has unfortunately led the tour to be radically restructured.
However, the band can confirm the first ever American Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre show with The Godfathers at The Metro in Chicago on Saturday 14th February is still happening. This will be the first American Godfathers show in nearly 20 years with the classic, original line up of Peter Coyne, Chris Coyne, Kris Dollimore, Mike Gibson and George Mazur. This will also be the first ever Godfathers Saint Valentine's Day Massacre show outside London since its inception in the notorious London Dungeon in the late eighties. The London Saint Valentine's Day Massacre shows have become legendary events in English rock and roll folklore and The Godfathers are delighted to stage the first American Massacre at The Metro, which was always a favourite venue for the band to play in their early US tours.
The Godfathers wish to apologise sincerely to their disappointed American fans, many of whom had already bought tickets for the various shows and to assure them that every effort will be made to re-schedule the tour at some future date.
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