One of the weirder stories that broke this week was Bad Omens dropping off the coming Senses Fail tour due to their logo being too small on the flyers. Senses Fail initially posted that Bad Omens "were unhappy about the size of their name on the artwork and felt the need to pull out the day after we announced the tour."
At the time, Bad Omens did not respond to the allegations, though Sumerian Records own Ash Avildsen took to Twitter to chastise Senses Fail over calling the band out.
older bands bullying younger bands, both privately in deal points and publicly on the internet. cool story guys. take notes from the movie business- bullying people in the industry will no longer be tolerated-no matter who your manager or agent is, or how “powerful” you are. ✌?
— Ash Avildsen (@ashavildsen) November 8, 2018
Now Bad Omens has responded and pretty much confirmed that they dropped off the tour due to a disagreement over terms.
“We are always professional and respectful with the bands that we tour with. Anyone that’s toured with us can attest to that. We are not a band that creates problems or ever finds itself involved in “drama”. With that being said the last thing we wanted to do was make a big deal out of our departure from the tour with Senses Fail / Amity Affliction when announcing that we would no longer be on it.
But due to both Senses Fail and The Amity Affliction’s attempts to publicly drag our name in the mud along with all of the online bullying they’ve not only welcomed but encouraged – they’ve forced our hand.
The terms of our deal to be the direct support act on this co-headline tour were negotiated prior to accepting the tour and they were not honored. Our team politely and professionally asked it to be honored before the tour was announced and they refused. Specific assets requested were neither sent or approved. After all of this and the tour still going live we did our best to remedy the situation to stay involved and we were met with total disrespect.
At this point it was a matter of principle. We aren’t going to be another young band that gets pushed around by older bands. Sorry if that doesn’t work for you. This public shaming campaign the bands have created online is both ironic and symbolic to the situation, as well as confirmation we made the right choice by leaving this tour.
I grew up listening to Senses Fail and I never imagined they would stimulate this kind of bullying or shaming over something so trivial – this unprofessional and ugly behavior is highly disappointing. None the less we wish the bands the best on their tour, and we apologize to anyone we’ve disappointed by dropping off the tour.
Standing up for yourself in any type of relationship, whether business or personal, is something Bad Omens believes in. Sometimes that means people get upset, hence having to write this.
We hope you enjoy our new shirt design…”
Bad Omens also launched a tiny logo design, because why not? Might as well cash in on the publicity while the publicity is good. You can grab that here and check it out below. Be sure to zoom in.
