Panic! At The Disco clarify major tour change after fan outrage
Panic! At The Disco have made a serious change to their tour schedule and fans are not happy.
The band has rescheduled a few shows in Germany to new dates and new venues to accomodate a larger crowd.
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PATD made the announcement via Twitter and shared the new dates and locations.
“V impressive Germany! Due to overwhelming demnd y’all got the shows moved to bigger venues AND they’re moving to new dates,” the tweet read.
V impressive Germany! Due to overwhelming demand y’all got the shows moved to bigger venues AND they’re moving to new dates: https://t.co/F8FQBRlFo4
April 1 – Dusseldorf, DE @ ISS Dome
April 3 – Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
April 4 – Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena pic.twitter.com/D8tuqY5ZA5— Panic! At The Disco (@PanicAtTheDisco) February 1, 2019
The new dates are as followed:
04/01 — Dusseldorf, DE @ ISS Dome
04/03 — Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
04/04 — Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena
The band added that the tickets previously purchased for Dusseldorf and Berlin will be honored at the new shows and the Hamburg tickets are on sale.
Dusseldorf & Berlin, any previously purchased tickets will be honored at these new dates in April + Hamburg, tickets are on sale now https://t.co/F8FQBRlFo4 pic.twitter.com/WGtr3mkQLB
— Panic! At The Disco (@PanicAtTheDisco) February 1, 2019
Many fans were outraged by the move because they already had travel, accommodations and more booked for the dates they already bought tickets for.
Check out some of their tweets below.
Please don’t people have literally booked trains and hotels for the 19th, why on a Monday?! So many people are burdened by this and won’t be able to go! Why move the existing ones AND add new? Why not just add new ones? This is soo inconvenient for sooo many people, please don’t!
— Joy ? (@JoyceBellie) February 1, 2019
No fans wanted this. Add extra dates don’t mess up the the already SOLD OUT ones a month before they happen!!!! Flights, hotels, time off work, VIP tickets. All that preparation and organising for nothing, I don’t live in Germany so won’t be there in April.
— Katie Mcfall (@katiemcfall11) February 1, 2019
It’s nice of you to give more fans the chance to get a ticket but moving a concert from a Saturday to a Monday is a bad decision. A lot of people that already had tickets can’t go to the concert anymore.
— Isabell (@Kaetzchen1996) February 1, 2019
I live in the US and am not going to any of these show, but I feel so bad for everyone whose plans just got fucked because of this star change. I know so many fans online who are traveling from different countries for these shows. Honor the old dates and just add new dates
— Sarah (@SarahSmiles330) February 1, 2019
Well there goes my money and I was hyped for this like 8 months and @vielzubunt and another friend were planning everything and now it’s most likely ruined but I hope you guys change again because this isn’t okay to do…
— Pawel (@Pawel09717295) February 1, 2019
The band has not responded to any of the tweets criticizing the change as of press time. However, their manager Zach Hall posted some explanation to the move on Twitter.
“Hey guys I know some of you are upset about the venue and date changes in Germany so here’s why it happened. We are bringing amazing & fun production to as many venues as possible & with the original venue that was booked for the German shows it would’ve been impossible for any of our current show to go in there due to weight & size restrictions,” Hall writes on Twitter.
“Instead you would’ve gotten a stage & a simple cloth backdrop. The show wouldn’t have been what you’ve been seeing online & certainly not what you have come to expect from a Panic! live show. So it was changed to a venue we could bring in at least a modified version of our current touring live show,” it continued.
Hey Germany, just wanted to explain a little more about why we moved those dates. pic.twitter.com/PDXBsVDmLW
— zackcloudhall (@ZackCloudHall) February 1, 2019
On a similar note i will be accepting all of the hate directed towards this decision to move dates through the end of the weekend so please get it in asap. Monday morning I will no longer be accepting hate or anger. pic.twitter.com/As7ZU0unhU
— zackcloudhall (@ZackCloudHall) February 1, 2019
What do you think of Panic! At The Disco’s move to change these dates? Sound off in the comments.
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