Nonetheless stuffed from all of the Thanksgiving meals you shoved down your gullet? It’s possible you’ll wish to sit down and maintain onto your butt, as a result of it’s sounding like Sick New World may not be occurring in response to Tomahawk’s Trevor Dunn.
Throughout a current look on The Vinyl Podcast (as transcribed by Australia’s Blunt Journal), Trevor Dunn reportedly let slip that Tomahawk had been planning a two-week tour that was “constructed round” Sick New World, however might now not go ahead as a result of organizers had axed the occasion. The pageant’s alleged cancellation pressured Tomahawk to place the kibosh on their very own touring plans as a consequence of monetary constraints.
“I’m most likely not supposed to speak about this, but it surely’s not occurring. It’ll come out within the wash quickly, however principally, the pageant shouldn’t be occurring [Sick New World]. We had a complete tour, we had a two-week factor constructed round that, which we will’t do now as a result of financially it doesn’t make any sense, so yeah, that’s not occurring.”
When the lineup for Sick New World 2025 was introduced, one of many shining spots on the invoice was the sudden inclusion of Tomahawk. Followers of the Mike Patton-fronted challenge that additionally options The Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison, Helmet’s John Stanier, and Trevor Dunn had been stoked on the prospect of seeing the band play dwell for the primary time since 2013. Some even hoped that this is able to mark the start of a bigger tour.
When requested to make clear whether or not the pageant’s cancellation was a carried out deal — as a result of bear in mind at this level it wasn’t formally introduced — Dunn mentioned that for his cash, Sick New World was positively over.
“No, I believe they’ve [made a final decision to cancel]. I erased it from my calendar, so I’m not going.”
Now, right here’s the place issues get just a little dicey. Clearly, Blunt Journal caught wind of Dunn’s assertion and reported on it whereas we in North America had been busy stuffing our faces for Thanksgiving. Equally, Reddit customers posted about Dunn’s feedback in an try and make sense of what was occurring.
Nonetheless, once you go to the particular level within the podcast the place individuals mentioned Dunn made his feedback (~28:47), there’s a noticeable lower that implies among the audio was faraway from the present. Nonetheless, once you search Google and discover the podcast episode’s itemizing, a cached model of the web page nonetheless reveals that Sick New World’s cancellation was initially listed within the present notes.
If all of that is true, then organizers and artists have recognized in regards to the impending cancellation at the same time as followers had been nonetheless ready to go surfing and spend lots of of {dollars} for an already doomed occasion.
Sadly, we’d not ever get full affirmation {that a} Tomahawk tour was ever within the works now. Regardless, this goes to point out simply how devastating a serious pageant cancellation may be for a smaller band and their touring plans. Right here’s hoping the fellows can put one thing collectively later within the 12 months.