Hawthorne Heights’ “Massachusetts Is For Lovers” festival at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, MA has been cancelled. Despite this, an abridged version of the event will now be held at The Palladium in Worcester, MA on September 17 with Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Emery, Further Seems Forever, Proper., Slow Joy, and Mallcops set to perform.
Hawthorne Heights commented:
“Sometimes things don’t go as planned and you must make difficult decisions based on circumstances outside your control.
Cancelling was never an option to us. We know that thousands of you have airplane tickets, hotels, and plans you’ve made for the festival.
We’ve been working around the clock and have found a new promoter and a new home for an abridged version of this year’s MA Is For Lovers Festival at Worcester Palladium. Some of the best shows of all of our careers have taken place at the Palladium, so taking the festival there just felt right.
Due to these changes, all previously purchased tickets will be refunded by Ticketmaster – new tickets for the fest will be available through See Tickets here: bit.ly/MassachusettsIsForLovers“
Rise Against, who were booked for the original festival, also issued a statement:
“The promoters of MA ‘Is For Lovers have cancelled their fest at its original venue due to insufficient ticket sales.
Ticket-holders will be refunded. some of the other bands will play an abridged version of the fest at an alternate venue nearby. We encourage you to support these great bands.
We were looking forward to playing and disappointed not to. In the meantime, we will keep plotting a proper return to our incredible fans in the greater Boston area sometime in the future.”
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