Some unfortunate Lamb Of God fans may have had quite the shocking experience over the weekend. A December 20th event at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium in Spartanburg, SC was billed as a show from the above-mentioned Richmond, VA groove metal band on the popular ticket exchange site StubHub. In actuality, that event, ‘Andrew Peterson’s Behold The Lamb Of God’, was anything but.
Instead, that concert was based around Christian musician/author Andrew Peterson’s 2004 conceptual album, “Behold The Lamb Of God: The True Tall Tale Of The Coming Of Christ” — a Christmas-themed album about the advent of Jesus Christ.
As you can see in the above screencap of the listing as it appeared on StubHub, it’s obvious how some confusion may have occurred. Embarrassingly for StubHub, that date was the closing stop of Peterson‘s 13-date ‘Behold The Lamb Of God‘ U.S. tour, meaning there was at least some precedent to avoid the mistake. The snafu prompted StubHub to issue an apology and offer refunds to anyone affected by the matter. That statement read:
“We acknowledge the listing for the December 20 event at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium was misleading and apologize for the confusion this caused. Ahead of the show we updated the event page and reached out to customers to clarify the event details. Anyone who purchased tickets under the impression this was a different performance is encouraged to contact us—we’ll honor a full refund under our FanProtect Guarantee.”
Lamb Of God played their last show of the year this past November. The band’s vocalist Randy Blythe laughed off StubHub‘s mistake on his Instagram story, offering,:
“We usually play @groundzerovenue NOT Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. This why StubHub Sucks. Merry Christmas, Spartanburg.”
Ironically, this past weekend’s mix up recalls a similar incident that transpired back in 2014, when Lamb Of God’s logo was used without permission on promotional materials for an Easter-themed event that was held annually in Salem, VA.
[via WSPA 7 News]
