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17th JULY - CARDIACS tour postponed: We are sorry to inform you that, following yesterday’s announcement, Cardiacs November tour has been postponed. The priority right now is Tim’s recovery and his well-being along with the well-being of his family, friends and those close to him. Everything is on hold in terms of the new single, and all other releases. It would be very much appreciated if people would give Tim, Jim and family time and space to deal with things. I’m sure you’ll all agree that a tour is of little importance at this point, we’re sorry for any inconvenience the cancellation has caused and I’m sure you understand why. It would be nice if people would treat this situation with the respect it deserves. We were sad to see one music website, who we thought were above such things, turning the news story in to a bit of a joke this morning. There’s a time and place for everything. Take your time Tim and get well, to a lot of us you are a lot more than just a guy in a band we love. (Sean, ORG Records)

There now follows an announcement from THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN

Due to the extenuating circumstances we find ourselves in following the health issues pertaining to CARDIACS very own Tim Smith we have deemed it appropriate at this time to officially call to a halt all activities concerning CARDIACS for the foreseeable future. It therefore falls upon us to reluctantly cancel the forthcoming tour booked for November

We apologise wholeheartedly for this unavoidable action and also for any delay in letting you know of our decision. Any delay has been necessary in order to assure that all promoters and their hirelings have been made aware of this decision in advance to facilitate early redemption of any ticketing refunds as and when required.

On a more positive note. THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN has now provided a unique and encouragingly entitled special electrophonic code sequential address for the exclusive use of YOU the faithful to send your well wishes, uplifting verse or whatever you decide to encourage the earliest recovery of young Tim.

This is the facility you shall use and only this to ensure that your messages reach the sickly lad.

Positivevibes@cardiacs.com


We will of course be certain to deliver to him those messages we deem appropriate at the appropriate time.

With respect

THE ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN.



As far as the planned singles on ORG Records to coincided with the tour and such, everything is on hold and in the hands of Cardiacs. I know a lot of you are asking and are very concerned about Tim, this is more that just a band to lots of us, the Pond really is a family, I know a lot of bands say that but we know it really is the truth here, special friendships and bonds have formed and to a lot of us Tim is a not just the guy in the band we love. The immediate Cardiacs family and Tim's family are still coming to terms and dealing with this in their own way and their priority rightly is with the welfare of Tim right now . They are thankful for all the messages left on the My Space blogs and such and they thank you for giving them privacy and space at this time. Out understanding is that Tim is making a slow but positive recovery and things are no longer life threatening, but this is a serious situation so please do be aware that this is going to be a long slow process and Tim, his brother Jim and everyone will need time and space. We shall do our best to respectfully keep you in touch with the news here and on the ORGAN pages and forum without infringing on the privacy of Tim and his family. Thanks everyone for the messages, they REALLY are appreciated by all...

Some of you have been talking about donating your refunded ticket money, the band and family really appreciate this heartfelt thought and gesture and spirit in which it is made, it means a lot to them, but they ask if you could please hold back at this time and we can look at these things in clear light later on...

Sean (ORG Records)

30th JULY - For those of you asking about the CARDIACS tour and holding on tickets for the cancelled shows in the hope of rescheduled dates the advise is go and get a refund, the situation regarding Tim is still very serious and really we should not be expecting fresh dates or anything else in the near future. Sorry to say strong advise is to get a refund now and not leave things until getting a refund becomes difficult. For those of you who have outstanding mailorder placed directly with Cardiacs and Alphabet, please be patient at this difficult time. The band and family are a little distracted and understandably not really focused on anything but Tim right now, thanks you for your continued understanding and patience