Every Time I Die appear to be facing legal issues after posting a series of fake retweets from celebrities to promote their forthcoming DVD, “Shit Happens: The Series?”.
Commenting on Twitter today, the band stated: “glad so many people enjoyed our fake tweets but we can’t comment further on the legal troubles its caused.”
On October 6, the band posted a number of fake celebrity tweets including:
RT @peeweeherman: New ETID DVD in stores 10/26! I sure hope they play THAT in a dark, seedy theater!
RT @JimmyFallon @everytimeidie this is brilliant, you guys need to come play my show to promote your new dvd!
RT @AndyDick i did the Jimmy Kimmel show w/ @evereytimeidie in 08, they’re cracking me up, get their dvd
RT @justinbieber: if I don’t have pubes by oct 26th, I’m sure the ETID DVD will give me a whole mess of em, yo!
“Shit Happens: The Series?” is due out on October 26 through Epitaph.