Sometimes the problem is moving the equipment, sometimes when the manager or the tour manager plans the tour they forget to take certain factors into consideration or sometimes Mother Nature intervenes, they tend to schedule things pretty tight as it is for economic reasons. I remember a major bridge collapse in the US made it impossible for a band's gear to get from Point A to B in time and Aerosmith cancelled a gig because their gear was stuck in LA for a Hawaii gig, that is no short haul eh? I think most fans can forgive the odd cancellation but not a pattern like oh say Guns n Rose. I never understood people who stayed GnR fans after Axel would stop after one song or just not feel like playing one night or gasp someone heckled his oversensitive self, now that is lame.

i dont have as much to comment on the article as i do for the.. comments

-robbie: why are you here? -jj: harsh, man, i really doubt they did it because they were offered a better venue, after all, wouldnt the fans hear about it if they were having another concert that day? and listen to nikki. it could also be flight problems or a number of other reasons since their tour dates are so close to each other -frank: that was excellent, you are a genius. -tana: well thought out lol -nikki: agreed

yes scheduling issues and the fact that right now they're recording something with INXS while their in Australia so ya know like thats so much more important than any NZ show.

Hey guys, be careful what you say here, Brandons mum has a Brain Tumour and there could indeed be personal reasons behind this...

nice work frank

Surprise, surprise turns out the 'personal reasons' were just that the schedule was too full. Just as most people commenting on the last STUFF article suspected, unlike the bleeding heart bunch that predicted the cancellation was due to a family bereavement amongst other things... I mean REALLY!

They certainly looked like they'd gotten over their 'personal reasons' when they played at the MTV Australia music awards last week didn't they.

The concert is on Wednesday 8th April not Thursday as stated above.

Yeah it is very disappointing when bands cancel, and it can be costly to fans who have made travel reservations , BUT, tickets for the Killers canceled shows are always refunded or the show is rescheduled.

and please remember, the tour managers schedule their venue dates, NOT the band. and I guess on a massive tour of almost every major country on the globe, things can go a little wrong..

In this instance the Christchurch show was scheduled for 31 March and the band played the Gold Coast on the 29th march, which left them just one day to get to NZ..they may sing 'HUMAN' but they are not super human.. these guys have to rest too..they have been on the road since the start of the year almost solidly and they shows are energetic . These boys work hard, so a few little mistakes with planning and a few cancellations / re-scheduling can be forgiven.....

Somebody Told Me that they cancelled For Reasons Unknown. This Is The World That We Live In though. I just hope the band can't Read My Mind or else they'd know exactly what I thought of them. Look on the Brightside though, they've said they'll be back, and after all, they are only Human.

Saw them in Sydney at the weekend and they were amazing! I would be gutted if I had bought a ticket for Christchurch I must say!

I dunno what their reasons are (Reasons Unknown?) but there must be something that didn't work out. I doubt it was due to a 'better offer' as they are only playing next weekend in Oz, and played this past weekend - they have Mon-Fri spare right now and Mon-Wed free next week too?