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Edguy singer Tobias Sammet has had to issue a statement regarding comments he made about the USA in an interview that have been blown way out of proportion by people who obviously are unable to comprehend what they read.

During the interview conducted by rushonrock.com, Tobias was asked if Edguy would ever hit it big outside of mainland Europe.

Tobias answered:  ”It’s getting better for us in the UK. Slowly but surely we’re starting to make an impression on British audiences. If you want to be big in the USA you have to go there and stay there. I wouldn’t want to live in the USA in a million years! It’s a different planet and I don’t want to go there. That means we’re never going to be a big, big act over there but that’s OK. I just don’t want to make the sacrifices we’d have to make to break that market in a big way.”

Maybe I’m smarter than the average bear, but what I read from Tobias Sammet’s comments is he doesn’t want to root up himself and the other members of Edguy to move half way around the world from their homes in Germany to try and “make it big”.  More specifically, it can be assumed Tobias does not want to move to LA or New York. After all, Edguy relocating to Idaho is not going to greatly improve their chances of breaking the American market.

But when an excerpt of the interview was posted on blabbermouth.net, a number of readers took his comments as meaning Edguy, and Tobias Sammet in particular, hate the USA. 

The comments became so bad that Tobias had to issue the following statement on the Edguy website:

“I’ve just been told that I might have said something that pissed some people off, some comment about the USA that I made in an interview. I don’t get it at all: I never said that I hate the USA, it’s a great country and I have a lot of friends in the USA and I feel it is disrespectful to them to say that I hate the whole fucking country and the great people I’ve met there. Don’t misuse my statements!!! Like in every country I think a lot of things go wrong there, I just said that I don’t wanna live over there. So, what’s the point??? I just wanna live at home, in good old Germany. I don’t know why people are so aggressive when it comes to honest statements, I was asked questions in an interview and I replied honestly.

“This was not meant to be a political statement. If some asshole wants to misuse my statements for some racist purpose, I get fucking mad. I’ve been told that people started to discuss about the second world war, about immigrants, about black people… People: This is Rock N Roll!!!! There is no place for racism in my life! We are one fucking world!!! America, Russia, Australia, Europe… I love aspects of Amercia and I love aspects of Brazil, Germany, any country… We are one fucking world. If you misuse my statement for a racists issue: FUCK YOU!!! Now go hug each other! This music is meant to make people come together, not the opposite!!!”

Edguy will be on tour early next year in support of their latest album Tinnitus Sanctus. Scheduled Edguy tour dates:

Thu    08.01.2009    Dessel (B) Biebob
Fri    09.01.2009    Dudley (U.K.)   JB´s
Sat    10.01.2009    London (U.K.)  Carling Academy Islington
Mon    12.01.2009    Paris (F)    Elysee Montmatre
Tue    13.01.2009    Bordeaux (F)    Theatre Barbey
Thu    15.01.2009    Granada (E)    La Coper
Fri    16.01.2009    Madrid (E)    La Riviera
Sat    17.01.2009    Bilbao (E)    Rock Star Live
Sun    18.01.2009    Barcelona (E)    Razzmatazz
Tue    20.01.2009    Lyon (F)    Transbordeur
Wed    21.01.2009    Mailand (I)    Rolling Stone
Fri    23.01.2009    Filderstadt (DE)   Filharmonie
Sat    24.01.2009    Kaufbeuren (DE)   All Kart Halle
Sun    25.01.2009    Pratteln (CH)     Z7
Tue    27.01.2009    Oberhausen  (DE)  Turbinenhalle
Wed    28.01.2009    Köln (DE)   Live Music Hall
Fri    30.01.2009    Osnabrück (DE)  Halle Gartlage
Sat    31.01.2009    Bamberg (DE)  JaKo Arena
Sun    01.02.2009    Hamburg (DE)  Docks
Mon    02.02.2009    Gothenborg (S)    Lisberghallen
Wed    04.02.2009    Stockholm (S)    Arenan
Thu    05.02.2009    Malmö (S)    KB
Sat    07.02.2009    Fulda (DE) Wartenberg Oval

There’s one thing I notice missing from those Edguy tour dates - no USA dates! Could the rumours be true??? Not a chance.

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