Last night the entire Røed Farm in Moss, Norway burned to the ground. All instruments and equipment are gone.

Norwegian rockers Magic Pie had their recording studio and rehearsal room in the farm building. In addition to Magic Pie, the farm also hosted a guitar workshop, a photo studio, an art gallery, a writer’s lounge, four horses, two pigs and some rabbits. All the animals were killed and all of the irreplaceable arts and crafts were lost in the fire.

Magic Pie was close to complete the recording of their 3rd CD and had recently started rehearsals for the upcoming concerts 3 weeks from today. The first concert in their hometown, Moss, was supposed to be their first gig in Norway in 1,5 years. Magic Pie had also invited two other really promising local acts to join them for an "Easter Kick-Off" on March 31st.

The other concert was happening at the Finisterrae Festival in La Coruna, Spain on April 2nd. It is with great sadness both these appearances by Magic Pie will be cancelled. The band will have to spend the next weeks trying to gather/borrow equipment so that they are able to start rehearsing again and to finalize the rest of the recordings.

"We hope to be able to gather all necessary equipment to be ready to headline RoSFest in the USA on May 2nd", says the guys after this shaking incident. At the same time they stress their compassion for the owner of the farm and all the other artists that lost so much of irreplaceable art and craft in this tragic fire.

Magic Pie did not loose much of their recordings of the forthcoming CD "The Suffering Joy". "I have most of the recordings at home since I've started the mixing process, so even if we are looking at some delays, we will get the CD done" says guitarist Kim Stenberg.

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