Pentagram’s Debut Australian Tour Put On ‘Hiatus’ Due to ‘Current Allegations’

Metal band cancels tour over protests: ‘No sense of morality’

An American doom metal band — one that went viral due to its lead singer’s onstage faces — was supposed to go on tour in Australia and New Zealand for the first time ever next month.

Pentagram’s Debut Australian Tour Put On ‘Hiatus’ Due to ‘Current Allegations’

The debut Australian tour from Virginia doom metal pioneers Pentagram has been cancelled due to “current allegations,” promoters have announced. The group – which have been active in various forms since 1971 – first announced they would be touring both Australia and New Zealand in early April, with six dates scheduled in August for Australia, and an additional three in New Zealand. However, a new statement from promoters Hardline Media on Fr…

PENTAGRAM's Australia & New Zealand Tour Paused Amid Backlash Over BOBBY LIEBLING's Criminal Record - Metal Injection

Liebling was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of mistreating his mother. The post PENTAGRAM's Australia & New Zealand Tour Paused Amid Backlash Over BOBBY LIEBLING's Criminal Record appeared first on Metal Injection.

Viral Metal Band Forced to Put Tour on Hold After Protests

Pentagram proved that it sometimes takes fifty years to be an overnight sensation. Formed in the early 1970s by lead singer Bobby Liebling, the band is considered one of the first American heavy metal groups. However, they never achieved the…

Pentagram's First Australian Tour Canceled Over "Current Allegations"

Virginia doom metal veterans Pentagram were set to tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time next month, but the tour has been called off. As Lambgoat points out, the shows are now “on hiatus” after journalist and activist Sherele Moody and her organization the Red Heart Campaign brought renewed attention to Pentagram frontman Bobby Liebling’s 2017 conviction for abusing a vulnerable adult, stemming from a violent attack on his 87-year-o…