Bad Religion out of some South America tourdates

November 17, 1999: Bad Religion has canceled two of their three concerts in Brazil, they were supposed to be one of the opening acts along with The Vandals for The Offspring shows in Brazil (South America). The scheduled concerts in Brazil are in the cities of Curitiba (Nov. 19), Sao Paulo (Nov. 20) and Rio De Janeiro (Nov. 21), but Bad Religion will be playing only at the Sao Paulo (Skol Rock festival) concert.

The Bad Religion was until November 15th confirmed to be an opening act for the concerts of The Offspring in Brazil, but they no longer will be playing the Curitiba and the Rio De Janeiro shows. It happened because they weren't on the bill for these concerts, the Brazilian promoters just added them without the permission from The Offspring crew. "There were probably missunderstandings between The Offspring managers and the Brazilian booking agents" said Bad Religion tour manager.

Answering the reasons of the cancelation of the concerts, Greg Graffin (Bad Religion vocals) said: "I have been busy sending email to all our brazilian fans. Here is my answer:
I am sorry to report that we will only be playing one show in South America this time, and that is the show in Sao Paulo. This is due to the fact that the Offspring don't want us on the bill for their shows in Curitiba or Rio. In fairness, it is their show in those two towns and they have a right to decide who their opening band should be. The show in S.P. is a festival and the promoter decided that Bad Religion was a good addition to the show. I am sure that the Offspring and the promoter got mixed up in their conversations about adding us to the shows in Curitiba and Rio.
It is a shame that we are caught in the middle of this mis-communication, but nonetheless, we are looking forward to playing our show in S.P. We are sorry to our fans in Rio and Curitiba who can't make it, but we will be back sometime in the next year.
Sincerely,
Greg Graffin"

When asked The Offspring's tour manager assistant, Larry Tull, why they kicked Bad Religion out of the bill, he answered: "Regarding Bad Religion, we didn't kick them off, they were never on the bill. The Offspring has promised The Vandals that they could support them and the promoter just tried to add Bad Religion without asking us."

Bad Religion will be coming now to South America for only one concert (at Sao Paulo, Brazil) and they promissed they will be back again in 2000 to make a complete South America tour.

And for The Offspring in their South America tour, they canceled their first concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina (supposed to be on Nov. 16th), there will be now only one concert in Argentina. The Offspring also moved the Curitiba concert venue from Pedreira Paulo Leminski to Expotrade. Here goes the complete South America tourdates with The Vandals as the opening act:

• November 17th - Buenos Aires, Argentina at Luna Park Stadium
• November 19th - Curitiba, Brazil at Expotrade
• November 20th - Sao Paulo, Brazil at Anhembi, Skol Rock festival * playing also with Bad Religion
• November 21st - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil at Metropolitan