Leeds Festival: House of Protection forced to drop out of this year’s event due to health issues
The pair were also scheduled to perform at the Heavy Music Awards later this month
- Leeds Festival has been hit with another cancellation this week.
- House of Protection have bowed out of this year’s event, due to health issues.
- The cancellation comes a month after Lola Young revealed she would also be unable to perform this year due to ‘unforeseen scheduling conflicts.’
A musical duo who were set to perform at this year’s Leeds Festival have announced they are no longer part of the line-up due to health issues.
House of Protection, formed by Stephen Harrison and Aric Improta, who are both former members of the acclaimed post-hardcore band Fever 333, were scheduled to perform at this year’s event over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, but a recent post on their Instagram has informed fans that this is no longer possible.
The duo explained: “We are devastated to announce that we will no longer be performing at this year's Reading & Leeds Festivals. Most of the funding to make this short trip possible was coming from our performance at the Heavy Music Awards, which unfortunately has been cancelled due to unforeseen and serious health issues affecting a key member of their team.
“Our condolences go out to that team member during this challenging time. We are deeply sorry to disappoint those who were excited to see us. Unfortunately, we simply don't have the resources to make this happen at the moment.
They added that the fan support “means everything to us” and that they will make it up to fans shortly, with their support slots during Architects UK tour in October expected to still go ahead.
It marks another cancellation to the festival, after Lola Young’s announcement in July that due to ‘unforeseen scheduling conflicts,’ she would no longer be able to perform at Leeds, Reading and Parklife Festival earlier this year.
That has led to fans complaining that, despite the announcement, no one has been brought in to fill her performance slot at the festival, despite it being a prominent slot during the weekend.
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