Reading And Leeds 2010: Cancer Bats Duet With Dizzee Rascal Cancelled

Yep, you read the headline right, scheduling conflicts hamper the Cancer Bats plans at Reading and Leeds 2010.

Posted Tuesday, 24 August 2010 in

While many would not be concerned that Cancer Bats' stage time in The Lock Up Tent clashes with Dizzee Rascal's performance on Main Stage it has been the source of great consternation for Bats frontman Liam Cormier.

"It's a real drag that it worked out that our set crossed over with Dizzee's," he admits. "We were both bummed because Dizzee was going to come and sing 'Hail Destroyer' with me and I was going to come out and guest on 'Old School' with him, so now that's not going to work out I don't know what we'll do. Maybe I'll see if Fat Mike knows any of our songs and wants to get a circle pit started with us. Maybe we could convince members of Get Up Kids to do a Coalesce cover with us, that would be sweet."

Cormier will be trying to catch sets from The Get Up Kids, Blink-182, Trash Talk, NOFX and The Rats over the weekend, the singer is also looking forward to the forthcoming Bring Me The Horizon club tour where the Cancer Bats will be providing main support. "We're getting pretty excited to rip those shows up," he continues. "We love the Horizon dudes and were stoked they asked us to play their dirty sweaty club tour as that's exactly where us Bats thrive!"

With that and a headline run before 2010 turns the Bats have got a lot of shows to play. What makes for a good live event? Good merchandise, something the band have well and truly in hand.

"I have been kicking around the idea for Cancer Bats coffee mugs for a while, maybe those will see the light of day on our Trash Talk headline run. But they won't just be coffee specific, a strong builders brew will work in CB mugs too. We also have a new rage of gnarly t-shirt designs that will bum out your parents/school teachers as always."

Catch Cancer Bats trying to get James Dewees on the drums for a Coalesce number all weekend on The Lock Up Stage (Friday Leeds, Reading Saturday). For coverage of the festival stay close to our Twitter @rocksound, Facebook page and rocksound.tv/festivals. The band's latest album 'Bears, Mayors, Scraps And Bones' is out now.