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Quiet Riot, Warrant and L.A.Guns tour dates announced

Tue 8th Feb, 2011 in Local News

Update:

Quiet Riot announced via Facebook that they have cancelled their tour “as a consequence of the promoter’s breach of contract”. The promoters, Intense Impact, replaced Quiet Riot with The Stick People, a new band featuring former Queensryche guitarist Mike Stone.

Then the promoters announced that “Warrant are not budging and refusing to honour our contracted and booked tour” and rebranded the tour ‘Sex Action 2011’ with LA Guns headlining. Those shows were also cancelled and the Intense Impact websites have mysteriously disappeared.

Read the details of the saga in the forums

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April 4th, 2011



It’s an announcement sure to cause a sudden spike in hair spray sales – the triple bill of Quiet Riot, Warrant and L.A. Guns is heading to Australia in April for a tour named after Quiet Riot’s celebrated 1983 album Metal Health.

The Los Angeles based rockers will give everyone a chance to cum feel the noise as the tour blasts through Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.

Quiet Riot, Warrant and L.A. Guns tour:

Friday 29th April – The Palace, Melbourne
Saturday 30th April – ANU Bar, Canberra
Thursday 5th May – HQ Complex, Adelaide
Friday 6th May – Metro City, Perth
Saturday 7th May – The Tivoli, Brisbane
Sunday 8th May – The Metro, Sydney

Tickets go on sale Friday 11th February

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MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 9th Feb, 2011

Oh god...

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 9th Feb, 2011

Ha, cum...

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Feb, 2011

didn't the lead singer of quiet riot die of a cocanie od yearsss ago, wonder how many original warrant members are left .

grattan

grattan said on the 9th Feb, 2011



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2J_UZ8lQU

batdan

batdan said on the 9th Feb, 2011

Will the hair be big? Who will have the tightest spandex? Who will go?

Captain Smashed

Captain Smashed said on the 10th Feb, 2011

it motley crue, poison or love/hate toured, i would be there in a heartbeat. this one though, eh, probably not.

grattan

grattan said on the 21st Apr, 2011

Statements by the promoters after Quiet Riot bailed on the tour:

Once our USA attorneys sort through everything over the next 48 hours we will explain what went wrong... In particular Quiet Riot and their agent Mark Hyman. Then everyone will realize that WE ARE NOT THE BAD GUYS and we can get on with del...ivering what still promises to be the Hard Rock party of the decade.
Rest assured that all comments are being directly emailed to the bands and their management.
Quiet Riot have pulled out of the Metal Health Tour. They have been replaced by Mike Stone’s (ex Queensryche guitarist) new band The Stick People, who will be performing under LA Guns.
WE are currently re negotiating with Warrant and are extremely confident of a positive outcome resulting in Warrant now headlining this tour. LA Guns have confirmed (to me personally) that they are definitely still coming to Australia and NZ.
Pre mature announcements coming from the Warrant camp regarding Warrant canceling are a result of Warrant being misled and misinformed by Quiet Riot's agent via a media release that was released earlier today stating incorrectly that the entire tour was cancelled and no bands were coming to Australia. This unfortunate, inappropriate and misleading statement from the Quiet Riot camp is what started all this confusion, and was done without Intense Impacts, or any of the bands, consent, knowledge or approval, other than Quiet Riot.
Apologies for all this resulting confusion, which was unfortunately beyond our control. Official announcements will be released tomorrow, along with an allowance for anyone to refund their ticket(s) if they so wish to.
Quiet Riot breached and are since refusing to give back the money we paid them for shows they cancelled. End of story. Their agent mark Hyman also stole $10,000 of our money that was suppose to go to all 3 bands as another band payment. End of that story.


First tour for the promoters as well...


iNTENSE iMPACT was officially ‘born’ over a few beers and pizza between Shane Tester and Andrew Feder at the legendary rock star haunt “The Rainbow Bar” on Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, August 2010. Shane and Andrew quickly realized, by combining their combined 50 + years of all things music and film, they could wisely take advantage of their enormous wealth of hands on practical experience and high profile international business contacts.The vision: To develop an entertainment corporation based on a solid foundation of old school traditional business values with a 21st century cutting edge approach.
Shane and Andrew spent the following week at Andrew’s Santa Monica residence developing a clear direction and objectives for all they wished to achieve via this fresh and exciting business venture. Shane departed LA after this ‘iNTENSE’ week, and returned back home to Sydney Australia. The next month was spent developing the ‘iMPACT’… Fine tuning the business plan.

September 2010 saw iNTENSE iMPACT officially registered as a Limited Liability Company in the USA that operates out of both LA USA and Sydney Australia. Andrew Feder adopted the role of Chief of Operations in the USA, as did Shane Tester for Australia. The iNTENSE iMPACT Corporation was officially launched in January 2011 via iNTENSE iMPACT Artist Management, iNTENSE iMPACT Records, and iNTENSE iMPACT Concert Touring. Announcements regarding the first signings of extraordinary music talent destined for success will officially be released on the iNTENSE iMPACT web site in February 2011.

In the meantime both Shane and Andrew have wasted no time in launching iNTENSE iMPACT Concert Touring by bringing to Australia and New Zealand the LA Hard Rock Legends “QUIET RIOT + WARRANT + LA GUNS” to perform knockout shows nationally in April / May 2011. Shane and Andrews goal for the Concert Touring venture is clear and simple: To stage high quality music concert packages with high profile international acts at an affordable ‘value for money’ ticket price.

The first of three feature films is scheduled for production mid to late 2011 in Sydney Australia. The release of the film will earmark the official launch of iNTENSE iMPACT Films.

Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said on the 21st Apr, 2011

I don't know what is worse. Promoters that have absolutely no idea what they are doing or getting themselves into, or bands that are happy to tour with a promoter who has absolutely no idea what they are doing or getting themselves into.

grattan

grattan said on the 21st Apr, 2011

Oh dear...


It is with much regret that we announce that Warrant are not budging and refusing to honour our contracted and booked tour?! Warrant, along with Quiet Riot, are also refusing to return their performance fee deposits we paid them in advance + return the costs of their airline tickets that once we cancel are non-refundable. Intense Impact has exhausted every avenue.

There is no reasoning with unreasonable ego’s. A replacement band will be announced within 24 hours. Any angry and upset Warrant and Quiet Riot fans please direct your comments to Warrant and Quiet Riot websites and understand we have done all we possibly can above and beyond the call of duty to honour not just the bands, but you fans as well.

Intense Impact is proud to announce we our next celebration of 3 USA Hard Rock Legends lined up. We work way ahead of schedule and will not release any details of this next tour until June 2011. Everyone who continues to attend SEX ACTION 2011 (Formerly Metal Health 2011) will be rewarded on our next tour with a buy 1 ticket get 1 ticket FREE! This is the 1st of many rewards to loyal punters” and that is not all “NEWSFLASH!!! Everyone attending SEX ACTION 2011 (Formally Metal Health 2011) will be rewarded with an extra bonus ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LA GUNS are now headlining SEX ACTION 2011 with a 1.5 hour set + encore!!! Steve Riley also told me personally on the phone today the band will be at every afterparty ready to meet and chat with all their loyal fans + will be signing all Merch purchased at their shows! LA Guns are the real deal!”

lukey26

lukey26 said on the 21st Apr, 2011

Sex Action 2011 sounds like a porno... do I need to have seen Sex Action 1 through to 2010 to understand the 'plot?'

hedonism gibbon

hedonism gibbon said on the 22nd Apr, 2011

LA Guns are (were!) the only half decent band on the bill anyway... Warrant are the biggest pussies to ever strap on a guitar (deliberate use of "strap-on" here) and the second-worst band with hair to ever grace the planet after Europe

and quiet riot were cheese beyond belief

at least The Guns were a bit dangerous and uncommercial, and let's face it, without them we never would have got Guns n Roses (if that's a good thing? ....it was for a while anyway)

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 22nd Apr, 2011

there's going to be a lot of angry milfs out there.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 22nd Apr, 2011

[size=7]SEX ACTION.

grattan

grattan said on the 2nd May, 2011

Whole thing called off - a major debacle! Great description of the sage on the FourFourTwo forums -

[URL="http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=53385"]The saga of the Metal Health 2011/Sex Action 2010 tour is the stuff movies are made of – it’s just that at this point I can’t figure out if it’d be a comedy, a drama or a horror flick. Here’s the short version:

A couple of buddies banded together to form a promotion company (Intense Impact). They booked an Australia/New Zealand tour called Metal Health 2011 featuring three classic hard rock bands (Quiet Riot, Warrant, LA Guns), plus a local support in each territory. I emailed them to ask for more info and to set up some interviews, but got no reply. A few other sites reported the same thing. Personally I never saw any print ads for the shows, nor did I see posters around town. They could have been out there, but if they were there certainly weren’t many of them. As an outsider it almost seemed like the promoters were hoping to rely on word of mouth and the perceived power of Facebook to promote the gigs.

Eventually a PR company was brought in and they did a great job of trying to make up for the lack of early publicity, but by then I think it was too late. Two of the bands (Warrant and Quiet Riot) pulled out about a month from the gig, claiming a contract breach. LA Guns vowed to continue and the tour was renamed Sex Action. The Stick People, a band featuring former Queensryche guitarist Mike Stone, was booked, but dropped out shortly after amid what Intense Impact described as visa hassles. Fans were outraged.

With tickets still priced at $90 each, the promoters offered one free additional entry with each ticket, plus entry to a VIP afterparty. Reunited Australian band Defryme was booked, and promoters attempted to secure another Australian band to round out the bill. They asked Facebook fans to petition the bands (including Rose Tattoo, Screaming Jets, Baby Animals and The Angels) to agree to the tour. In the meantime the show was promoted as having a (and I quote), “special guests surprise ???” while the promoter waited for one of the bands to accept the last-minute offer.

A few shows were cancelled outright, including the Auckland, New Zealand show in where the venue issued a strongly-worded statement that the promoter was neither equipped nor experienced to stage the event. Ouch. NZ support band Rascal Kings claimed on Facebook that they were left severely out of pocket.

A day out from the April 29 tour kickoff, official afterparty venue Back In The Day announced that they had been advised that they were no longer running the afterparty, but would still present the band Sunset Riot, who were going to play at the afterparty. Where was the official afterparty to be now? It was a mystery.

Then on the day of the first gig, the tour was cancelled amid rumours and reports (much of which came from the Intense Impact facebook account later that afternoon and into the next day) of assault, broken contracts, 12-hour minivan treks, non-existent backline payments, Facebook sledging, hospitalisations and arrests. Support bands showed up for soundcheck to be told that the show was off. The promoter was MIA, and tickets to the now-cancelled tour were still being sold. Hell, the Intense Impact website was never updated to reflect any of these changes, still saying the Quiet Riot/Warrant/LA Guns tour was going ahead right until it was taken down on May 2 (it used to be here). Even as I write this, tickets are still being sold for several of the shows.

At the very last minute, thanks to some great last-minute hard work by KWPR and Back In The Day, Back In The Day hosted LA Guns for two shows, adding them to the Friday night event (the former Sex Action tour afterparty) with Sunset Riot going on after. On Saturday morning Defryme were added to that night’s show.

I went to the show, partly to show support to Defryme and LA Guns, and partly just out of curiosity. What would a show put together in these circumstances be like? All three bands put in energetic, rocking sets – Defryme performed to a largely stand-offish crowd but they still rocked. Sunset Riot ratcheted up the energy levels with their more Sunset Strip-influenced sound. LA Guns were probably feeling in a bit of a funk backstage – after all, they were booked to play big venues like The Palace and instead they were playing a small corner stage in a bar – but if they were pissed off they didn’t let it affect their performance. They pulled no punches musically, and made a few (non-slanderous) references to the cancelled tour.

At the moment you can follow the fallout on the Intense Impact Facebook page [update: it's gone]. I don’t know how much longer that account is going to be there, but for the moment at least it’s an interesting read. The promoter drops by from time to time to put forward his side of the story, which he alleges involves deception, a drunken crew member and a whole bunch of taking-the-money-and-running.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think anybody set out to deceive anybody. I personally think the promoters bit off more than they could chew, and subsequently choked. If nothing else, this sorry saga is a powerful lesson in doing your homework.

The promoters have killed their website and their facebook page - though it's cached [URL="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8q-ldTPNk_MJ:www.facebook.com/pages/Intense-Impact/187886904557519+Intense+Impact+facebook&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com.au"]here

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 2nd May, 2011

AHAHAHAHAHA. Fuck.

Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said on the 2nd May, 2011

I've really enjoyed this one. Gotta love cheesy metal promoters. Almost as good as Hiphop promoters.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 2nd May, 2011

That's really cool that LA Guns stuck to their commitments and played. What a fucking shamble though.

Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said on the 2nd May, 2011

If LA guns pulled out the promoter could have just gone and booked the other LA guns (the other one has more tools in it though)

grattan

grattan said on the 4th May, 2011

More statements from the Promoter and from LA Guns:

First the Promoter:
LA Guns cancelled Sex Action Tour: THE FACTS

Rumuor #1: LA Guns were not paid for any shows? FALSE. The agreed and contracted performance fee per show was $5,500 USD. LA Guns agreed to play 5 shows (Melbourne, ACT, Auckland NZ, Brisbane and Sydney) which was a revised agreement after Perth and Adelaide were cancelled due to poor ticket sales. A total of $22,000 USD (4 shows) was paid directly into LA Guns bank account BEFORE they left the USA for Australia. LA Guns agreed to be paid the remaining $5,500 USD for the 5th show AFTER performing the 1st show on the tour in Melbourne. Intense Impact also offered a “bonus” of a further $5,500 USD to LA Guns as a “thank you” for not cancelling the original Metal Health Tour due to the cancelled shows in Perth and Adelaide + as a reward for anticipated completion all shows on the Sex Action Tour. This “bonus” was meant to be paid at the completion of the tour, however in final contractual negotiations Steve Riley insisted this “bonus” to be paid together with the remaining 5th show fee, due after the first Melbourne performance. IN SUMMARY: 1. LA Guns already had $22,000 USD in advance for 4 shows in their bank account well BEFORE leaving the USA for Australia. 2. A further $5,500 USD for a 5th and final show + $5,500 USD “Bonus” = $11,000 USD to be paid to LA Guns AFTER the Melbourne show, once Intense Impact received the net settlement of Ticket sales from the Melbourne Venue.

Rumour #2: Intense Impact cancelled the Sex Action Tour? FALSE. Steve Riley on behalf of LA Guns cancelled the ENTIRE TOUR 2 hours before the Melbourne show as per the following: 1. Due to 100% ticket refund offered to all Metal Health Ticket holders from Intense Impact, Ticketek could not release the net income from all shows until May 20th in order to facilitate that process in proper. 2. Auckland New Zealand show had also just been cancelled (for reasons which will be explained in a following statement) leaving 4 guaranteed shows to proceed in Australia. 3. I personally informed Steve Riley via witnessed phone calls that Intense Impact will graciously continue to honor the full performance fee of $5,500 USD for the cancelled Auckland show + the “bonus” of $5,500 USD for completing the Sex Action Tour PROVIDED LA Guns can wait until May 20th, as this money was coming out of the Ticket Proceeds from the Melbourne show. The remaining amount of net ticket sales income from The Palace Melbourne show (after cancellations) = $22,923 AUD and that total does not take into account $50 walk up ticket sales that never had a chance to follow through. 4. Steve Riley then insisted that he wants the $11,000 in cash immediately, or LA Guns will not perform the Melbourne show and will cancel the entire tour. 5. I replied to Steve Riley that as that money was always coming out of the net income from the 1st Melbourne show, and that it is not released until the Ticketek refund process is finalized by May 20th, there is nothing else I can do. 6. I (on behalf of Intense Impact) then pleaded with Steve Riley to be reasonable by reminding him of the following: * There are now 4 shows to be completed on the Sex Action Tour and you (Steve Riley on behalf of LA Guns) already have received the payments for those 4 shows BEFORE arriving in Australia. * The money you (Steve Riley on behalf of LA Guns) is demanding is for a 5th show payment that LA Guns are no longer performing, however, Intense Impact will still pay the full performance fee ($5,500 USD) + the “bonus” fee ($5,500 for completing the Sex Action Tour) as soon as Intense Impact receives the net income of ticket sales from the 1st Melbourne show. * Intense Impact, as previously agreed via contracting, will continue to fund all LA Guns band costs + personal costs (e.g. all show related costs: backline, road crew, P.A. etc. and continuing 5 star hotel accommodation, meals, transport, drinks, cigarettes etc.) * Aside from obvious disappointment to fans, many of which have paid for non-refundable travel and accommodations, the local support bands for these shows will be devastated. * Intense Impact road crew, many of whom have taken time off full time work, will also be disappointed. * Intense Impact to date has invested well over $150,000 USD of Intense Impacts USA co-president Andrew Feder’s own personal life savings. If LA Guns cancel this tour there is no way for Andrew Feder to recoup his money. * If Intense Impact is legally liable for any further tour related costs / damages etc. as a result of you (Steve Riley on behalf of LA Guns) cancelling the Sex Action Tour, Intense Impact will pass those costs onto LA Guns. 7. Steve Riley, after being reminded constantly on everything in section (6) above, insisted on still cancelling the entire Sex Action 2011 Tour. 8. Steve Riley (on behalf of LA Guns) refused once again and said the LA Guns are not going to perform any shows in Australia and will be immediately flying back to the USA. Next thing I find out is that LA Guns are playing shows with a rival promoter.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE: It is obvious I did all I could on behalf of Intense Impact for what would obviously result in disappointed fans and support bands. Important to remember that Steve Riley is refusing to return the $22,000 USD Intense Impact paid for shows that LA Guns will never perform + went on to play 2 shows in Melbourne @ $25 per head + sold a heap of merchandise. That’s shows biz I guess… I am also continually annoyed and frustrated at current “con man” slander directed at me all over the net. I am no con man. It is obvious to me who the con man in this situation is. There will be more statements to follow throughout today addressing a range of other issues.

grattan

grattan said on the 4th May, 2011

And from LA Guns:

As the oft-used and oft-quoted maxim for assessing the obvious goes: "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it just may be a duck

About six months ago the band heard there was an Australian tour with Quiet Riot and Warrant being discussed and thought that's nice and didn't think to much more about it until two weeks before the tour when we were told that the other two bands had pulled out but we would still like to come over anyway. To be honest I don't know why they decided not to go, obviously it had to do with money but we were only asking a fraction of what the other two bands were asking and the promoter admitted he couldn't raise enough money to pay the headliners but the tickets were bought the rooms were booked and the pre sales were doing gangbuster's . So given the choice of staying at home for two weeks or getting on the big Airbus 380 double decker with the bottomless bar we decided to go.

"Quack"

Fourteen hours later we land in Sydney with five hundred other pilgrims and wait in the rain for the promoter. "Wiggle"

Two hours later a big van arrives and we load up our gear and check in to a very nice hotel in the middle of the city with rooms overlooking the famous harbor with the bridge and magnificent opera house. We have a band promoter production meeting over lunch and discuss logistics equipment and promotion all the while there is national coverage of Justin Bieber all over the TV right above the mash potato. At this point everything seems fine. I'm not one to pass judgement on someone's looks and their ability to perform a function but their shades of the movie 'The hangover' in the promoter and his partner but no worries as they say down under.

Later that evening we're invited to dinner to meet the eight members of our crew who all turned out to be very nice and quite enthusiastic about the tour so nice in fact me, Scotty and Stacey decided we'd travel on the coach down to Melbourne leaving later that night rather than sensibly taking an early flight out the next morning. So we rush back to the hotel and repack our cases and wait for the bus to pick us up from the hotel. In the hour after leaving dinner and getting on the bus something bad went down. I have no idea but when we got back on board, there was so much tension in the air. It's very hard to describe but within moments the promoter was raving and hissing at members of the crew that they were sacked and to get the fuck off his bus. I think at this point the crew were down to three. As we roll out the city and the night outside becomes inky, the promoter decides to challenge the remanding members of the crew to a full on bottle fight and threatens to cut out the sound man's eyes with broken glass. For no explainable reason (Quack quack wiggle somethings fowl) we have a problem. The bus driver calls ahead to the police at the next freeway exit where the cops immediately arrest the 'man in charge' for drunken dissordley behavior and we leave him ranting curbside as we head on our long journey south. I woke up five hours later and looked out at a foggy etherial sunrise and was soon brought back down to earth by the broken glass and sticky carpet from last night's festivities. It's about another six miserable hours before we finally roll in to Melbourne only to be told that the venue refuses to let any equipment be set up on stage until they receive payment.

We are met at the hotel by the hero of this story Miss Kelli our publicist whose sole function was to get us much press and fanfare for the show as possible but at this point it's screaming clear there is no show to talk about and although the hotel has been paid for in advance. We were at this point on our own. So quick as a flash Miss K works out several contingency plans and finally comes up with a solution and arranges us to play at the club that was hosting the after show party for the original concert. "Back in the Day" a cool little hole in the wall that oozes rock and roll and typical of the rooms we were raised in. A huge shout to Dean and his sister for working it out so quickly and just by word of mouth the place was packed an hour before we hit the stage.

It was a show I'll never forget, the crowd was electric and after all we'd been through it was great to let off steam. We played that little stage like an arena and at that point the whole thing made sense until out of the corner of my eye I see a big afro white Aussie dude dive on stage and land directly on my dear friend Felice who chooses to roll in a chair and is subject to my highest protection. I don't like stage diving and I don't like moshing. Some bands might consider it a compliment but I don't. I am very territorial about my stage space, I consider it sacred ground and while there is a ceremony taking place, the public should for their own protection or should remain off stage or I just might smack 'em up side their head with my guitar. In an ironic twist, it turned out to be Felice's date who was so overwhelmed that he threw himself before me like a fish splashing in a boat. Fortunately she agreed he was out of order and should have been kicked out. Fair dinkum as they say. Thank you good night.

Next day we wake in our five star inverted reality and realize we are marooned for the next thirteen days down under without a single show and no way of getting there even if we did ,so it's fortunate that we catch the promoter's partner about to check out the hotel and leave us stranded. At which point strongly suggest that for reasons of his health and well being he coughs up the 10k to change our flights back to LA on the same flight he's on first thing next morning or the ill effects of gravity could work against him in the very near future.

So here I am sitting on the back of the big jet on the very last seats sold back to LA and they don't even recline but that's okay. We survived another skirmish lived to rock another day. Laughed in the face of adversity……….But I'd be lying if i said I wasn't warned but the truth is I'd still go anyway. God bless the Aussies. Its great to be Home

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 4th May, 2011

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Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 4th May, 2011

Ha what fucking muppets

Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said on the 4th May, 2011

I wish I was in a band so I'd get a cigarette allowance on tour

rodismdotcom

rodismdotcom said on the 6th May, 2011

Someone in Melbourne should get them round for a a party, they would porbaly play ur backyard in exchange for a floor to sleep on and some booze and ciggies. Fark I would do it if they were in Adelaide.