THE ANNUAL SKANKING REGGAE FEST ANNOUNCES THE REPLACEMENT OF PANTEON ROCOCO & ANTIDOPING IN THEIR LINE UP DUE TO SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN RENEWING THEIR VISAS

Despite the circumstances, the show must go on. We owe it to the fans who attend the Skanking Reggae Fest every year," says Adrian Gonzalez of iHomi, the promoter and founder of the festival who officially announced with Goldenvoice that the bands MASKATESTA and RASKAHUELE will take the place of Panteón Rococó and Antidoping this Saturday, March 11 at the Shrine Expo Hall.

For the first time in the last 20 years of the Mexican bands career and uninterrupted USA tours, the renewal of work visas to enter US as a Mexican artist has taken more time than usual. This will be the groups first time that they fail to perform due to visa reasons. This is also Antidopings case, who began the process of the artist visa renewal since signing the festivals contract 5 months ago and who continue to wait for the pending approval.

Dr. Shenka de Panteón Rococó & Pedro and Diego de Antidoping shared this video message talking about the reasons for their absence at the festival

MASKATESTA, one of the most popular ska bands in Mexico was added to the line up to perform at the Festival along with ska group Raskahuele, who was included among the 10 most talented bands in California today, according to the publication Al Borde, and who are currently recording what will be the bands highly anticipated new album.

Moving on from the unfortunate news, the Festival will continue with the rest of the bands previously announced from South America, Japan and USA which includes Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Dread Mar I, Los Caligaris, The Slackers, Jackie Mendez and La Banda Skalavera, who have a set appointment at the historic Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles.

The growing and successful festival that began 7 years ago with the idea of solidifying the Latino ska scene in this country, has shown that it is more alive than ever by reflecting the same diversity that genre and its mergers have. Throughout the previous 6 editions, dozens of ska-punk-reggae groups from different countries, not just Latin America, have performed at this popular festival that gathered nearly 5,000 attendees last year.

GA tickets for the festival are now at $50,00 on sale via AXS.com, at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Hall box office and at the Bolochos store in Los Angeles (303 W. 8th St. Los Angeles Ca. 90014 -Tel. 213 595-5977). Tickets for the Skallywood VIP Experience package will be available at $100.00.

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