I think European bands really have no fucking concept of how big America is... me going to New York or LA from south Texas is not like taking a ferry over to the continent from the UK or taking the train to Wacken for a few Euros. Were talking multi-hundred dollar airline tickets or at least 250-300$ in gas to drive, hundreds more on getting a hotel in fucking "everything is twice the price as a normal city" New York, not to mention the price of the actual tickets...
Fuck you, Emperor. Play in Texas.