Download Festival Headliners Pull Out

• 12th Jun 2009

The Ghosts of a Thousand have pulled out of their headline slot on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage at Download this Saturday.

The band pulled out of their festival performance due to urgent family matters, issuing this apologetic statement: “We are all very upset and will make it up to everyone that wanted to see the band very soon, thanks for your understanding on this. We'll see you soon.”

The Brighton based five-piece have also had to cancel their show with Alexisonfire at the London Borderline this evening, but it's expected that their headline tour next month will still go ahead as planned.

The dates for the tour are as follows:

Liverpool – Barfly (July 1st)
Carlisle – The Brickyard (2nd)
Glasgow – King Tuts (3rd)
York – Barfly (4th)
Sheffield – Corporation (5th)
Birmingham – Eddies (6th)
Cardiff – Barfly (7th)
Plymouth – White Rabbit (8th)
Exeter – Cavern (9th)
Cumbria – The Canteen (11th)
Milton Keynes – Crawford Arms (13th)
Oxford – Bar Academy (14th)
Southampton – The Joiners (15th)
London – Barfly (16th)

Acts confirmed to appear over this weekend from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2009 at Donington Park include headliners Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard.