WHITE WARD CANCELLATION
We are devastated to learn that White Ward have to cancel all activities including their appearance at A Colossal Weekend 2025.
We've been communicating closely with the band's representatives through the last few months and until a few days ago everything looked fine.
We are in the process of finding a suiting replacement for White Ward.
Our deepest compassion and warmest thoughts goes out to the band.
Se the band's statement below:
After the tour cancellation of our colleagues from 1914, many of you asked about the fate of our own tours.
We answered positively because we truly believed that everything would go as planned, since we were working with another organization and ministry — the same ones who successfully helped us make a mini-tour last spring, including our performance at Roadburn Festival. We were almost certain that things would work out for us.
Until last Friday.
A few days ago, we experienced a haunting déjà vu. We suddenly found ourselves in the exact same situation as in the spring of 2023. New orders were issued from above, rules were changed overnight without any transition period, and we were left with zero chance to fight it. No warning, no room for discussion — just a wall, cold and impenetrable.
There is no point in digging deeper into the details. It’s just another dark and endless rabbit hole.
What we can say now is this: we are canceling all tours, shows, and festival performances planned for this year.
All live activities are put on hold indefinitely — until radical changes in the situation make it possible for us to return.
We deeply apologize to our fans, our booking agent Sylvain, all the promoters, and everyone who was involved in organizing these tours. This is beyond heartbreaking for us.
We don’t know if we’ll find the time or strength to work on anything related to WHITE WARD in the near future. After three years of war, we are mentally drained, and almost every member of the band is struggling with personal challenges. But we will try.
Yet one thing is certain: WHITE WARD will live.
And if we survive — if we don’t burn in a nuclear fire — then we will return when the light finally breaks through the horizon. And when we do, we will return in a new form, with renewed purpose and unstoppable force, carrying our own manifest.
"Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker" — Friedrich Nietzsche
