Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix recently sat down with Rock Antenne for a new interview. He was asked about Ronnie Radke cancelling his band’s shows in Vienna and what he thinks about it the massive hate he received for it.
“That’s what happens when you cancel shows,” Shaddix said. “The fans were disappointed, the fans are bummed out. I’ve had to cancel shows, I had to cancel a whole tour straight up. I came out on tour and I felt so bad, it was such a terrible moment. It was just hard. I felt so terrible. Cancelling shows is no fun and the fans are disappointed and it’s like some things are out of our control. I don’t know exactly why he canceled, I didn’t know.”
The frontman then shared his thoughts on the Falling In Reverse’s take on Papa Roach’s hit single, ‘Last Resort.’ “I gotta tell you, sometimes I’m busy making records and doing my thing, but I will say that I’m super grateful and stoked about what he did with ‘Last Resort’ and the cover with that because it’s a powerful one. I think the way that he reimagined the song was cool. It really cut to like the emotion of the lyric.”
The hate towards Radke started when the Falling In Reverse singer canceled five shows in Vienna. The band canceled their November 26th show in Vienna at the Gasometer at the last minute and the November 28th Prague show in the same statement. It was the second time the band had canceled shows during their European/UK fall tour.
Later, it was announced that Falling In Reverse would no longer be performing at the Nova Rock Festival.
Radke reacted to the news with two Instagram stories. He posted a picture of a canned Vienna sausage, with both his band’s and his own name on the label, and tagged the festival in the story.
He also shared a video on social media addressing the matter, and claiming that he would cancel the entire tour as well. “You know what? Rest of the tour is canceled. I don’t feel like playing. This isn’t… I’m not Playboy Cardi, okay? We don’t… Not Axl Rose, we’re not doing that. You understand. There’s reasons. We have reasons to believe that Vienna fans are soft as shit. That’s the reason why we’re not playing,” he said.
The tour, however, continued as scheduled.
