NOFX cancels shows in Colombia and Venezuela

NOFX has had to cancel two shows on their ongoing South American tour. Fat Mike had this to say:

Hello, Fat Mike reporting in from Buenos Aires. So far this tour has been
awesome aside from a few missed flights and food poisoning. The good news
is we will be playing the next few shows in Lima, Santiago de Chile, and
Guayaquil. The bad news is the shows in Columbia and Venezuela are
cancelled because the promoter (Santiago) lied to us repeatedly (the
promoter Cheo in Caracas is not to blame).

In fact the club Santiago booked
us in Bogota had no idea that any show existed. We apologize to all the
kids who bought tickets in those countries. Hopefully you all can get your
money back. For sure, we are not getting our $25,000 back that we spent on
plane tickets. Had the promoters in those two countries actually bought us
the tickets they said they had bought, we wouldn't be having these
problems. Anyway, I'm not gonna go into all the details of how we're
getting screwed. All I know is that every other show in South America has
been super cool and we're having a great fucking time. Thanks to all the
kids who are showing up and throwing joints at us.

Mike also sent us a Spanish version of the message. You can click Read More for that.

Hola, aca Fat Mike desde Buenos Aires. Hasta ahora este tour fue
incredible dejando de lado algunos vuelos perdidos y algunas
intoxicaciones. La buena noticia es que vamos a hacer los proximos shows en
Lima, Santiago de Chile y Guayaquil. La mala noticia es que los shows de
Venezuela y Colombia se cancelaron porque el promotor (Santiago) nos mintio
muchas veces (Cheo, el promotor en Caracas no es el culpable). De hecho el
club que Santiago reservo en Bogota no estaba al tanto de la existencia de
este show. Pedimos disculpas a todos los chicos que compraron las entradas
en esos paises.

Afortunadamente a todos se les va a devolver el dinero. Y
seguramente nosotros no vamos a recuperar los $25,000 que gastamos en los
pasajes de avion. Si los promotores de esos paises hubieran comprado los
pasajes de avion -y dijeron que los habian comprado- no tendriamos estos
problemas. De todas maneras, no voy a entrar en detalles que como nos
jodieron. Todo lo que se es que los demas shows de Sudamerica fueron
impresionantes y la estamos pasando mas que bien. Gracias a todos los
chicos que viene a los shows y nos tiran hierba. Nos vemos por ahi