Howdy, and welcome to a different episode of “Oceano‘s cannot simply break up with out there being much more drama, huh?” It began when Oceano revealed they’d sadly be coming to an end in 2025 within the wake of some drama regarding their plans to tour with Attila and Dealer.
Oceano then introduced a farewell tour for this Could with I Declare Warfare, See You Subsequent Tuesday, Filth, BackBiter. Sadly that tour instantly got here beneath fireplace after Oceano was accused by artist Chris Gallien of stealing their ultimate present tour poster from ideas introduced by Gallien to the band.
Now two issues have occurred – one, Oceano has disappeared from social media (see screenshots beneath). Their Instagram has been set to personal and all posts after 2018 have been deleted from their Fb. This contains the announcement of their farewell tour, which who even is aware of if that is taking place now.
Two, See You Subsequent Tuesday has dropped off the farewell tour citing their private points with Oceano allegedly stealing the admat artwork. Oceano has not commented on the tour simply but, however how may they? All their socials are gone.
“Half of See You Subsequent Tuesday‘s members are visible artists and depend on artwork as their sole revenue,” wrote See You Subsequent Tuesday. “Given the present tour poster state of affairs, it has introduced an enormous dilemma for us, difficult our morality and requirements as artists. We stand towards issues like AI stealing artwork from hardworking artists for the revenue of the much less inventive, with zero recognition to the unique artists.
“This may occasionally appear to be a minor drawback to individuals outdoors of the artwork world, however it’s severely damaging to the livelihoods of artists who use their artwork to help themselves and their households. This example between Oceano and the unique artist of the tour poster, Chris Gallien, though a distinct kind of state of affairs, awkwardly aligns itself with the identical causes we despise AI.
“Ultimately, we as a band have determined we’re not comfy with the present state of affairs and can not be a part of this tour.
“We want to apologize to everybody who labored on making the tour occur for us and anybody who was wanting ahead to seeing us stay. Lastly, we hope a optimistic decision may be reached between all different events concerned.”
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