There has got to be something going on behind the scenes with Razorlight that isn’t being made public. Frankly, I don’t know that I’d recognize a Razorlight song if I heard it on the radio, but when the band recently told Billboard.com that they were hoping to conquer America with an upcoming seven date tour, I had to shake my head a bit. Seven dates? Yeah, that’ll leave a long lasting impression on American audiences.
Lead singer Johnny Borrell, who was last seen bouncing around Austin at SXSW in March with Kirstin Dunst on his arm, told Billboard, “My feeling’s always been that if people in America get to hear the music of Razorlight, they’ll fall in love with it.”
Yesterday somebody posted the following blog entry on the Razorlight MySpace page:
Razorlight have been forced to make changes to their November US tour. The band very much regret that due to record label issues beyond their control they’ve been left facing impossible last minute logistics to complete the run of shows and are therefore obliged to pull out of the Chicago, Seattle, San Fransisco and Los Angeles dates. Razorlight would like to apologize to the fans who have already bought tickets and hope people understand that they’re putting in place as much US activity as they can. Meanwhile, the dates in Boston, Brooklyn, New York and Toronto will go ahead as planned with The Von Bondies supporting plus Gran Ronde. The band will be attempting to re-schedule the remaining shows as soon as possible.
Sounds like the band’s “fans” aren’t too pleased and any attempts in the future to conquer America may be met with a lot of apathy from people who no longer care about Razorlight.
I guess this is the “hit” from the new album. Not bad, but certainly not “conquering America” worthy.
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