The year is being somewhat plagued by cancelled concerts/performances. First the massive Fly Music Festival (featuring Anthrax, Limp Bizkit, Mastadon etc.), which was cancelled two weeks prior to the actual date and then Sodom backed out of the Bangalore Open Air on the eve of the concert, due to some payment issues, and now we find out that the news of Scar Symmetry playing at The Great Indian Oktober Fest is as fake as a three dollar bill! Yes, this hasn’t been officially declared as of yet but there have been multiple instances of the band denying of having any shows for the rest of the year.

A few days back, a journalist from New Delhi inboxed band’s guitarist Per Nilsson on Facebook, asking him whether Scar Symmetry would be playing in India. Per denied having any shows lined-up for 2013 as the band is busy in the studio recording their sixth studio album. And now today, a fan posted a similar query on Scar Symmetry’s Facebook page and a reply from the band clarified that there was mix-up on the management side of the organizers and they aren’t line-up to perform r the show. The statement from the band is:

“We just got word from the promoter that there was a mix-up, they sent our agency an offer for the show but we had to turn it down because we are not doing any more shows this year. Somehow, someone didn’t get the memo and accidently put our name on the bill… They are correcting it now” “We wish to come to India in 2014! Hang on there!” Per added.