Hardcore pop band Cutting Pink With Knives have announced they are to split once they complete their current touring commitments, which is sad, because I can't make it to any of those gigs.
In a message posted on the band's MySpace page, frontman Eddy Frankel said: "We are splitting up. No drama, no hatred between us. We're just calling this shit to an end. It's hard to know how to say goodbye to something that's been the most important thing in our lives for the past three or four years. Why are we breaking up? Well, I started this band to get chicks, and to be totally honest, it hasn't worked. Chris joined the band to fund his hair gel habit, and we've not made enough money. Alex joined the band to get a foothold on the international stock market, but we've got no shares. It's a sad, sad state of affairs; a chick free, hair-product depleted and financially rocky state of affairs that we're waving goodbye to".
The band plan to release a compilation of their final recordings at some point over the coming months. Here are those final shows:
30 May: Liverpool, Korova
31 May: Bradford, Love Apple
11 Jul: Birmingham, Supersonic Festival