JOHN FINBERG, President of FIRST ROW TALENT has been FIRED by various clients including NIGHTWISH, AMORPHIS, DELAIN, SWALLOW THE SUN and BATTLE BEAST over sexual, racial misconduct and abuse.
Yesterday, an article appeared on METAL INJECTION and METAL SUCKS as various sources claimed JOHN FINBERG sexually and racially abused many people.
FROM BATTLE BEAST:
First Row Talent is no longer booking Battle Beast in North America or anywhere in the world.
Abuse, racism and sexism have no place in music business nor anywhere else for that matter.
Love,
BATTLE BEAST
FROM AMORPHIS:
Amorphis does not accept any form of bullying, harassment or racism. Due to current allegations against First Row Talent Agency and John Finberg, effective immediately - John Finberg does not represent Amorphis in the United States, Canada or any other territory.
—AMORPHIS
FROM NIGHTWISH:
"Nightwish have ceased to employ Mr Finberg and have severed all contact with him and his company."
FROM DELAIN:
Delain ceased to employ John Finberg and his company during their last USA tour in 2019. First Row talent and John Finberg are no longer booking Delain in North America, Canada or any other territory. Delain does not accept any form of harassment, bullying, sexism or racism.
LOVE
Delain
NIGHTWISH & TILL DAWN THEY COUNT LTD
FROM SWALLOW THE SUN:
From
this day on First Row Talent Agency does not represent Swallow the Sun
in North America. We will inform you later about our upcoming tour.
FROM SONATA ARCTICA:
We strongly condemn all forms of harassment, bullying and abuse.
Sonata Arctica has ceased to collaborate with John Finberg and his company since Jan 1st 2020.
All the best,
Sonata Arctica
FROM AMARANTHE;
AMARANTHE does not accept harassing, racism or sexism. We have never done a tour under the First Row Talent/John Finberg banner so far, and the North America tour that was in the pipeline will now be done together with a different company.
FROM ANGRA:
FROM HAMMERFALL:
FROM POWERGLOVE:
Powerglove is no longer working with John Finberg / first row talent.
We will post an update as soon as we have more information about our next tour.
FROM ICED EARTH:
t
seems there was some confusion the last few days about First Row Talent
representing Iced Earth. To be clear, John Finberg never was an agent
for Iced Earth. I met him many years ago and had zero interest in
working with him. It was very clear to me the kind of person he is, and
his reputation is one of the worst in the business. He was the booking
agent for several bands that we have toured with through the years, and a
shady ex-manager of Iced Earth hired his company to do meet and greets
for a tour several years ago. When I found out well into the tour that
his company was running the meet and greets, I had angry words with said
former manager. The music business is filled with these scumbags. Good
riddance. -JS
MetalSucks.net
MetalInsider.net
]
FROM INSOMNIUM:
This is something that we also have to say loud and clear:
We do not tolerate any form of harassment, sexism or bullying.
John Finberg / First Row Talent does not anymore represent INSOMNIUM in North America or any other territory.
FROM OMNIUM GATHERUM:
Due to recent events and allegations - John Finberg / First Row Talent doesn’t anymore represent Omnium Gatherum in North America.
Omnium Gatherum doesn’t support any kind of sexism, racism, nor bullying!
the OG’s
FROM U.D.O.:
In the past Dirkschneider and U.D.O. have worked with John Finberg but stopped all cooperation after we realized his character. We are shocked how disgusting the situation looks right now but also glad some people had the balls to go public. For us he is history since a long time but there is no way back to work with him ever again.
Furthermore we stay united against each kind of intolerance
such as sexism, racism etc.
There is no place for this in metal and no place for this on this planet.
We would like to encourage everyone to speak up and fight these disgusting
behaviours everywhere!
FROM KAMELOT:
It should go without saying that any form of harassment, bullying, racism has no place in business, music, internet, home or anywhere!! Any allegations should be taken serious and due process should be applied. Our contact pages were updated days ago, please take note.
kamelot.com
www.kamelot.com
FROM DARK TRANQUILLITY:
Dark Tranquillity are no longer working with or being booked by John Finberg / First Row Talent in the US.
Dark Tranquillity does not tolerate harassment and bullying in any form.
We are working on alternatives to the recently announced North American tour and will inform you as soon as we have any updates.
FROM OVERKILL:
We do not accept any form of abuse, bullying, racism or sexism.
We have stopped working with John Finberg back in 2016.
FROM NILE:
Nile
and World Entertainment Inc effective immediately no longer work with
John Finberg and First Row Talent. All scheduled shows and tours will be
canceled and rescheduled with new representation. - Nile
FROM SYMPHONY X:
Symphony
X and World Entertainment Inc effective immediately no longer work with
John Finberg and First Row Talent. All scheduled shows and tours will
be canceled and rescheduled with new representation. - Symphony X
FROM PRIMAL FEAR:
We
had to wait several days until World Entertainment Inc had sorted out
the legal side of a tour that’s already on sale. Now we can follow all
our friends & colleges and officially announce that Primal Fear and
Level 10 Music effective immediately will no longer work with John
Finberg and First Row Talent. It goes without saying that any form of
harassment, bullying, racism has no place in business, music, internet,
home or anywhere! All scheduled shows will be canceled and rescheduled
with new representation. Mat, Ralf, Tom, Alex, Magnus & Michael
FROM FIREWIND:
Due to the recent allegations against John Finberg, Firewind will no longer be working with First Row Talent in North America.
As we had a tour on sale, we had to wait a few days for that to be sorted out by World Entertainment Inc.
All shows with Symphony X & Primal Fear are now canceled and we will keep you posted if and when they’ll be rescheduled under new representation.
It goes without saying that Firewind does not support or accept any type or form of harassment, bullying and racism.
FROM LEAVE'S EYES:
There is no space for any form of harassment, bullying, racism or other abusive manners in this world especially not within the metal family.
We updated our booking contacts some days ago, and are no longer represented by the former agency in North America or any other territory.
FROM IMMOLATION:
As of September 28th, 2020 IMMOLATION have severed all ties with John Finberg and First Row Talent.
All scheduled appearances will be cancelled and hopefully rebooked through a new agency soon.
Thanks as always for all your great support,...we look forward to performing live again in the near future.
Stay safe.
- IMMOLATION
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
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