There’s an enormous pageant occurring this weekend down in Mexico referred to as Hell & Heaven Open Air and the lineup is admittedly fairly rattling stacked. But with the festivities kicking off tomorrow, obvious logistical points are protecting Coal Chamber from getting into the nation, not to mention performing.

The information broke over on the band’s Instagram web page, the place they declare alleged logistical failures by the pageant’s promoter precipitated Coal Chamber to not have the ability to board their flights over. Their assertion explicitly lays the blame solely on the pageant and its organizers, as you’ll be able to see beneath:

“Good day everybody, it’s with a really heavy coronary heart that as a result of pageant’s lack of logistics totally, COAL CHAMBER was pressured to not board planes at the moment for HEAVEN & HELL in Mexico ???????? and we’ll NOT BE PLAYING.”Good day everybody, it’s with a really heavy coronary heart that as a result of pageant’s lack of logistics totally, COAL CHAMBER was pressured to not board planes at the moment for HEAVEN & HELL in Mexico ???????? and we’ll NOT BE PLAYING.

“Please benefit from the pageant and we hope the pageant apologizes for any inconvenience they precipitated to you all…. KNOW that this was NOT the band’s fault in any respect.”

The band is at the moment on a reunion run of types, having already performed a buncha exhibits since getting again collectively. Sadly, this logistical nightmare isn’t the primary of its sort in latest months, as different bands have needed to cancel exhibits and excursions attributable to journey and visa issues. It’s simply an unlucky circumstance that Coal Chamber obtained caught up in it this time.

Greater than 100 bands are at the moment billed for the three day pageant down in Mexico Metropolis. Different main acts embody Slipknot, Muse, Weapons N’ Roses, amongst so many different acts.

Thus far there’s been no remark from Hell and Heaven Open Air over Coal Chamber’s sudden absence from the lineup, nor do we all know what they’ll do to fill the now empty time on the principle Toluca Hell Stage. As soon as there’s extra information, we’ll share.