Could it have been the banned cover art showing a child suicide bomber? Or maybe just Thy Art is Murder’s name alone? Either way, the band has become the latest group to be banned by Disney, being prevented from playing the House of Blues venues at Disneyland and Disneyworld in Anaheim and Lake Buena Vista, respectively. And they reacted the way Machine Head wanted to when they were banned – by coming out with a rad T-shirt commemorating it. The Bad Brains-inspired t-shirt shows a lightning bolt striking the Magic Kingdom castle with “Banned in Disney” written on the lower right hand side. Here’s what the band said about it on Facebook:
We are very sorry to announce that due to the narrow minded, corporate censoring goons over at Disney, we will be unable to join Parkway Drive on their upcoming dates at Anaheim on October 30th and Orlando Lake Buena Vista on November 23rd. We are aware we haven’t played Florida for quite some time now and we are itching to get back down there and play for you guys.
Thank you for your understanding and be sure to pick up one of these limited shirts to show your support. This is the first time they’ve been printed in over two years since we were last banned from playing a show on Disney grounds and will only be up for a short amount of time. Get it!
You can pick up the”Sorry Orlando” shirt here.
Here’s where the tour, with fellow Aussies Parkway Drive, will be hitting:
10/29 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
10/30 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
10/31 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
11/1 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/2 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
11/3 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw
11/4 Calgary, AB @ Marquee
11/5 Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
11/8 Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
11/9 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
11/11 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
11/12 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
11/13 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
11/14 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
11/15 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
11/16 Huntington, NY @ Paramount
11/17 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
11/18 Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar
11/19 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
11/20 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
11/21 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
11/22 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
11/23 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House Of Blues
11/24 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
11/25 New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues
11/27 Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
11/28 San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
11/29 Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
11/30 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
12/1 Denver, CO @ The Fillmore
12/2 Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theatre
12/3 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
12/5 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
12/6 Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues