When Limp Bizkit opted to pull the plug on their summer tour last weekend, their decision left openers Spiritbox in a precarious position. As a young and up and coming act, the budgets are obviously far tighter than that of the headlining act when it comes to tour. Equipment has been rented, merch has been ordered and printed, touring crew has been hired, etc..
In the wake of this cancellation, several artists jumped to help Spiritbox out of the jam they found themselves in, including Shinedown frontman Brent Smith and We Came As Romans. Spiritbox commented today, August 12th:
Can we talk about what an amazing person @TheBrentSmith from @Shinedown is? He just gifted us $10,000 towards our losses since our tour was recently cancelled. This is such an amazing and kind gesture, seriously thank you!
— Spiritbox (@spiritboxband) August 12, 2021
We also want to thank @wecameasromans who we rented the majority of our light package from, they decided to waive the invoice and help soften our losses. It has been an emotional past few days but things like this have restored our faith in humanity.
— Spiritbox (@spiritboxband) August 12, 2021
We have never met @TheBrentSmith and we barely know the guys in @wecameasromans . These people were not helping out a friend in need, they are just truly selfless people who wanted to do something kind for another band. We hope to conduct ourselves like them someday.
— Spiritbox (@spiritboxband) August 12, 2021
Spiritbox are presently slated to release their debut album “Eternal Blue” on September 17th.
