South Carolina: Ghost show canceled in Simpsonville

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A band that canceled their concert in Simpsonville, South Carolina, due to weather is addressing the backlash the cancelation caused online and announcing their rescheduled show Thursday night also won't happen.

(Video above was a report on Wednesday about the Tuesday night show cancelation)

The Swedish rock band Ghost was set to perform at the CCNB Amphitheatre Tuesday night.

Some fans say they drove from hours away to see the band but weather forced the show to be canceled.

Several concertgoers reached out to WYFF News 4 on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning about their concerns over how the communication was handled.

You can watch fan reaction and what the city of Simpsonville said Wednesday below:

About 9 p.m. Wednesday night the band went on social media to explain what happened and announced their Thursday night show is canceled as well.

The message addressed to "Children of South Carolina (and beyond)!" started off with an apology to fans and said they had to "maneuver through a lot of bureaucratic hoops."

It said the band was concerned about the weather Tuesday morning and were assured the weather would be fine later in the day.

According to the message, it started raining heavily during the morning set up and some of the equipment started to malfunction.

The band said the equipment was repaired and parts were swapped to "make the show happen."

When the opening band started Ghost said "a sudden torrential rain began (as well as thunder), and the entire stage was completely flooded."

The band said as the rain subsided "it was clear that many of the key components of our show presentation were totally inoperable, mainly the sound and lighting control consoles, definably a show stopping problem. All in all, it was impossible for us to perform and we told the venue this."

The post went on to say, "We insisted the venue/promoter explain IMMEDIATELY to all our fans that were patiently waiting to be let back into the venue but we were met with legalese."

To read how Simpsonville responded to complaints on Wednesday, click here.

The band said in the post that despite effort to get the system working again it was clear nothing would work.

Due to that the band said it has to cancel the rescheduled Thursday concert as well.

The post said "Refunds will be issued automatically at point of purchase, there is nothing further ticketholders need to do."

"We are heartbroken thinking about what all you fans were put through because of this."

To read the full statement, click here.

The city of Simpsonville provided the following statement on Thursday morning:

"The City of Simpsonville is proud of the role that the CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park plays in the high quality of life in Simpsonville and looks forward to remaining concerts and festivals this season."