Metal band cited personal questions and lamented impossibility to participate in the event, which takes place between May 2, 3 and 4 in São Paulo
The United States Rock Band I Prevail announced that it will not participate in the Bangers Open Air 2025. The third edition of the Metal Festival is scheduled for May 2, 3 and 4, at the Latin America Memorial in São Paulo.
The statement was released by the group on Wednesday, 23, in a publication on social networks. “We are devastated to share that we will not be able to present ourselves in the Bangers Open Air next month. The festival has been incredibly receptive and did everything to help us, ”the text began.
Despite our best efforts, we face some personal circumstances that made our presence impossible at this festival. Doing a show in your beautiful country is extremely important to us and we promise to go back as soon as possible, ”concluded the group.
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Also on social networks, the Bangers Open Air He wished that everything is right soon and said the Americans will be replaced in the grid. Kamelot – who will perform on Saturday, 3, – was announced for a second show the next day.
The band will take the stage twice on the same weekend, delivering not only one, but two distinct shows for fans of the festival. THE Kamelot It will make an electrifying presentation on Saturday, with a set full of successes worshiped by fans and symphonic hymns. Then, on Sunday, the band returns with a modified repertoire, offering a renewed experience and deeper songs of their acclaimed catalog, ”the group wrote in a joint publication with the festival.
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This is not the first download of the 2025 edition of the Bangers Open Air. In March, the bands KNOCKED LOOSE and We Came the Romans canceled their participation and were replaced by the German Blind Guardian and Destruction. At the time, the festival stated that the cancellation was a “unilateral decision” and that the groups had already received the payment for the show.
Line-up also has names like Sabaton, PowerWolf, Saxon, Sonata Arctica, Avantasia, Wasp, Kerry King, Glenn Hughes, Doro, Pretty Maidsbetween others. More information on the official website.
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