Pentagram‘s newfound viral fame was outweighed by the previous notoriety related to the band when it got here to the doom steel group’s plans for his or her first-ever Australian/New Zealand tour. That run had been booked for August 06th by to August sixteenth, and would have served as the primary time the band, who shaped within the early 70s, had made their manner down underneath.
Nonetheless, native uproar over the previous actions of the group’s vocalist Bobby Liebling resurfaced, inflicting the reveals to be spiked. In a press release issued late final week, the tour’s promoter, Hardline Media, shared:
“As a result of present allegations surrounding the Pentagram Australian/New Zealand tour – Hardline Media have determined to place this tour on hiatus.
To be clear, no VISAs have been granted, as has been acknowledged beforehand by different media. No venues or any workers hitherto are occasion to those allegations.
With nice respect, we respect your persistence and understanding whereas we handle this case.
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Whereas the above assertion doesn’t give a transparent indication, it will seem that the allegations in query have been considerations being raised by native activists and anxious residents relating to Liebling‘s legal previous.
As displayed within the 2011 documentary, ‘Final Days Right here‘, Liebling struggled extensively with drug habit for various years and was discovered to be residing together with his aged mother and father on the time. A variety of years later in 2017, Liebling was sentenced to 18 months on the Montgomery County Detention Middle in Rockville, MD in 2017, on a cost of bodily abuse/neglect of a susceptible adult-custodian.
His now former Pentagram bandmate Greg Turley acknowledged across the time of that incident that Liebling dedicated the above-mentioned assault in opposition to his mom whereas in a “drug-induced” rage. Upon returning to the street with Liebling again in 2019, Pentagram collectively described the disgraced musician as being ‘remorseful and rehabilitated.’ Pentagram‘s profession obtained a second wind earlier this yr due to a viral reside efficiency changing into an on the spot meme.