Canterbury Split Up! Announce Final Shows!

British rock band Canterbury have sadly announced that they are splitting up...

Their Statement:

                   ''Dear all
We take this opportunity to say Thank You! Thank you to everybody who has at any point over the last seven years, considered themselves a fan of out band 'Canterbury'. We have lived, breathed and literally poured our entire existence into this musical adventure for the last seven years, and that is why we feel great thanks are in order for everyone who has made it possible for us to make it work for so long.

It is with heavy, but extremely proud and high-held hearts, that we are announcing there are no plans to write, record and release another Canterbury album.

The three albums we have released, and the hundreds of shows that we have played as Canterbury, have given us years of joy, and the feeling of being able to have left a mark in musical history, as a band that started when we were just school mates, is a blissfully satisfying one.

It's been an unforgettable journey since the very beginning, and although it might not have not got us to where we wanted to be, we have the satisfaction of knowing we did everything we could, the way that WE wanted to, with the utmost integrity, and the music will endure.

We never want to say never, but for now, it is time for us to put this chapter behind us. We are all the very best of friends, and we are all still very much musicians.

Once again we want to take this opportunity to say thank you. Thank you to everyone who gave it their all behind the scenes, thank you to the bands that took us on tour, thank you to the people who came to our shows. Those who stood at the back of the room and nodded along, and those who sang their hearts out. Thank you to everybody who has ever been a part of supporting Canterbury.

We will finish off in London's Islington Academy, and we fully intend on this being an absolute celebration of all we have done, and everything that we are about. That will be made possible with your help. The last thing we will ask from you as fans of our band.

There is so much more that we could, and will say, but for now, just one last time, Thank You.''

FINAL 3 SHOWS:

17 December 14 - Birmingham Flapper
18 December 14 - Manchester Sound Control
19 December 14 - London O2 Academy Islington