{"id":11115,"date":"2025-07-21T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11115\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:08:09","slug":"pentagrams-australian-tour-on-hiatus-due-to-current-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11115\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagram\u2019s Australian Tour On \u2018Hiatus\u2019 Due to \u2018Current Allegations\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe debut Australian tour from Virginia doom metal pioneers Pentagram has been cancelled due to \u201ccurrent allegations,\u201d promoters have announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe group \u2013 which have been active in various forms since 1971 \u2013 first announced they would be touring both Australia and New Zealand in early April, with six dates scheduled in August for Australia, and an additional three in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHowever, a new statement from promoters Hardline Media on Friday (July 18) has confirmed the tour will not be going ahead as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tExplore\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billboard\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto lrv-u-border-radius-50p\" src=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-padding-l-1 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 a-hidden@desktop-xl a-hidden@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-050\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-t-075 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center@desktop u-flex-basis-100p lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-t-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-1@mobile-max a-hidden@desktop-and-tablet-only\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDue to the current allegations surrounding the Pentagram Australian\/New Zealand tour \u2013 Hardline Media have decided to put this tour on hiatus,\u201d a statement given to media read. \u201cTo be clear, no VISAs have been granted, as has been stated previously by other media. No venues or any staff hitherto are party to these allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWith great respect, we appreciate your patience and understanding while we manage this situation,\u201d it concluded, promising more information would be revealed soon. No specifics were given as to the nature of the \u201ccurrent allegations\u201d that have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPentagram was co-founded by vocalist Bobby Liebling, who has remained the group\u2019s sole original member throughout their history, and has performed on all nine of the group\u2019s studio records. In early 2025, Liebling and Pentagram received newfound fame in the wake of their latest album after a video of the vocalist performing live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2025\/02\/27\/news\/meme-worthy-live-clip-of-pentagrams-bobby-liebling-goes-viral\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went viral<\/a> on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn October 2017, Liebling was <a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/us-band-axe-australia-and-new-zealand-tour-weeks-out-80194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">arrested and charged<\/a> with first-degree assault and physical abuse of a vulnerable adult \u2013 revealed to be his then 87-year-old mother. Liebling pleaded guilty to charges of abuse and neglect, and while maintaining his innocence on the assault charge, was later sentenced 18 months in detention and three years probation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier that year, Pentagram had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1437762969609166&amp;id=219303828121759&amp;set=a.220412328010909\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that they would be touring without Liebling on vocals, citing \u201ccircumstances that are beyond anyone\u2019s control, that are a direct result of Bobby Liebling\u2019s personal actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the lead-up to the tour\u2019s cancellation, The RED HEART Campaign \u2013 an organization which aims to honor \u201cwomen and children lost to violence\u201d \u2013 spearheaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheREDHEARTCampaign\/posts\/pfbid0X52hYNz4FzB2XPfxgnsUBnqbwdALo9S3PFvNt3ST5H6psnUMoSni5sLML599vdAWl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an effort<\/a> to publicize Liebling\u2019s prior conviction in order to \u201chelp keep him out of Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The debut Australian tour from Virginia doom metal pioneers Pentagram has been cancelled due to \u201ccurrent allegations,\u201d promoters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,7448,136,9057],"class_list":["post-11115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-rock","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}