Bleh, I'll never get to see Iced Earth because of the morons at their label who can't see that there is a market for metal gigs outside of the London area. Every single other damn metal band are the same when it comes to touring over here, with the exception of Nile, Opeth, Arch Enemy and maybe a few others, and it's something that really pisses me off.
So it has zero bearing on me whoever supports them.