Hockey Dad tour: Aussie surf rock band cancels Europe and UK shows, apologises to fans for ‘difficult decision’
Aussie surf rock band Hockey Dad will no longer be touring Europe and the United Kingdom.
Taking to Instagram this week, the APRA Award-nominated duo – comprised of vocalist and guitarist Zach Stephenson and drummer Billy Fleming – issued a statement calling off their shows, which were set to kick off in Berlin in March.
“Due to burn out and the ongoing financial stress of touring internationally, we’ve had to make the difficult decision to cancel our upcoming EU/UK tour 😞,” the Jump the Gun musicians wrote to their 118,000 followers, to whom they also apologised.
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“We’d like to apologise to all our EU/UK friends who had already purchased tickets, and our extended team who have worked on these shows,” the statement continued.
“We love touring so much and it’s been super hard for us to make this call.”
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“The last thing we want to do is disappoint you,” Hockey Dad said.
“We promise we’ll be back as soon as we can. We are so sorry.”
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The duo confirmed full refunds will be available to ticketholders at their point of purchase, before clarifying the shows they have scheduled in New Zealand this week will still go ahead.
“NZ/Aotearoa don’t stress, we will still see you this week,” the duo wrote in their statement.
“Once we wrap this tour up, it’ll be time for us to hit the reset button and plan the next chapter for the band. Love from HD❤️”.
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Hockey Dad is set to perform three shows in New Zealand, starting with a performance in Auckland on Thursday, February 13.
They are also set to perform in New Berrima, New South Wales and at Yours & Owls Festival in Wollongong in early March, though they have not addressed whether those two shows will go ahead at this stage.
Stephenson and Fleming grew up on the same street in Windang, New South Wales, before forming Hockey Dad in 2013. They signed with independent Wollongong label Farmer & the Owl in 2014 after releasing their debut EP Dreamin’.
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