The Enemy have been forced to move their planned gigs at Coventry’s Cathedral Ruins next week (May 21st and 22nd) due to health and safety concerns.
The Coventry band were due to play the outdoor homecoming shows to mark the release of their third studio album ‘Streets In The Sky‘, but will now have to move across town to the city’s Kasbah venue due to ‘noise restrictions’ and ‘certain health and safety aspects’ according to a statement released by the trio on Facebook.
“We’re sad to announce that because of noise restrictions imposed by Coventry Council and certain health and safety aspects, the sold out gigs on the 21st and 22nd of May will not be able to go ahead in the Ruins, and will be moved to another venue in Coventry,” the statement reads.
“We are absolutely devastated, just gutted. So much hard work has gone into trying to do something special for the people in Coventry. We absolutely adore our fans, especially our home fans, and we really wanted to put on the cathedral show as a way to say thank you for the support over the years. The noise restrictions and some red tape the council and cathedral have imposed mean that we’ll have to move the gig, at the eleventh hour, been left with no choice.”
“The gig has been relocated to the Coventry Kasbah where we’ll play a full set from the first, second and new third album,” the statement continues. “We’re going to play pretty much the whole of ‘We’ll Live and Die’, the singles off the second album, and a whole bunch of new stuff from ‘Streets In The Sky’. It’s still the day of the album release and it will still be an amazing night!!!.”
“In addition, the fans will have some of the ticket price refunded. We’re just gutted about not being able to play the cathedral and we know the fans will be too, it was a pricey ticket because of the cathedral location and we think it’s only right to give you a chunk of money back.”
The statement can be read in full here.