The quartet, active since 1986, is considered a legend of the New York hard core scene. “Their music is more than just sound – it is a manifestation of feelings and thoughts that vibrate in the hearts of their fans,” the organizers emphasized. Pol’and’Rock Festival.
Sick Of It All were to be one of the stars of the Big Stage of the event led by Jurek Owsiakbut for health reasons Lou Koller cancelled the entire European tour.
The vocalist of the American band decided to respond to the circulating rumors about the reasons for withdrawing from concerts.
“We wanted to wait for the full details before making an official announcement. They found a tumor in my esophagus that goes into my stomach. I’ll be undergoing treatment throughout the summer, with the full support of the entire team. As soon as they heard the news, they told me, ‘Forget about the tour, just get better,'” says Lou Koller.
“We are really sorry, I feel sorry especially for our fans, because we were all hoping that we would spend another summer together. That is the reason (for canceling the tour) and that is the truth,” emphasizes the singer, who thanked everyone for their support.
Sick Of It All’s current output includes the album “Wake the Sleeping Dragon!” from November 2018.
It is not yet known who will replace the Americans during the Pol’and’Rock Festival (August 1-3). In Czaplinek (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) the following will perform: Americans from the metalcore group Motionless in WhiteGerman formation Electric Callboywhich combines electronic music, pop and heavy rock sounds, a French band playing celtic-punk Celkiltexotic Myrath from Tunisia, Americans from Less Than Jakea family trio from Mexico – The Warninga German brass band performing live techno music – Meutethe legend of Greek black metal – Rotting Christ and returning to the party after many years Jurek Owsiak swedish group ClawfingerGermany from Guano Apesrepresentatives of Celtic punk rock from Flogging Molly and a British project that combines electronics with rock Modestep.
Poland will be represented by: Kasia Kowalska, T.Love, Enej, Flapjack, Mery Spolsky, Coma, Paktofonika, Zenek, Adult Children’s Orchestra, Sokołowski (vocalist Night Lover in a solo project), Mr. Zoob, Transgression, Wojtek Szumański (conqueror The Golden Spinning Top) and Three of them.