When booking many bands for their events, one can quickly make mistakes due to their own carelessness. However, those who react offended to criticism soon find themselves in a position to explain. After M.A.D. Tourbooking booked the perhaps not openly right-wing extremist, but at least nationalistic and sexist Norwegian band Haggis for this year's Punk & Disorderly Festival, they promised to look into the very questionable statements and symbols of this band after initial hints. They quickly settled for a short statement from the band, in which Haggis presented themselves as apolitical.
When the Pestpocken informed the organizer that they did not want to share the stage with such a band, they were the first to be disinvited as a reaction. Shortly thereafter, it became clear that they could not withstand the pressure from critics and also canceled Haggis. However, there seems to be no apology to Pestpocken. The official festival website only briefly announces that both bands will not participate, and instead, the Soifass were booked at short notice.
Meanwhile, Haggis lives up to their reputation. They reacted to the disinvitation by stating that the organizer had succumbed to the pressure of the "politically correct Nazi mob of mongoloid Germans." The joke in the statement that they had "slaughtered and violated fifty niggers and fingered a female dwarf in Muslim garb" in the same communication is likely understood only by them.
When the Pestpocken informed the organizer that they did not want to share the stage with such a band, they were the first to be disinvited as a reaction. Shortly thereafter, it became clear that they could not withstand the pressure from critics and also canceled Haggis. However, there seems to be no apology to Pestpocken. The official festival website only briefly announces that both bands will not participate, and instead, the Soifass were booked at short notice.
Meanwhile, Haggis lives up to their reputation. They reacted to the disinvitation by stating that the organizer had succumbed to the pressure of the "politically correct Nazi mob of mongoloid Germans." The joke in the statement that they had "slaughtered and violated fifty niggers and fingered a female dwarf in Muslim garb" in the same communication is likely understood only by them.
