Oh, no! Why are you missing the show? (If you care to share.) Sorry about that. What about the interview? Will that still happen in some capacity? You should be able to work that out somehow with them being local, even if it's only meeting a few of them over beers some evening.
Yeah, they probably are a bit big for DC9 but you never know. I would tend to think it's more a money issue than anything, which is understandable. You can always look into it and decide against it if things don't fit. They may be up for it as they are now trying out new songs on us before they commit them to disc. That's when established bands like to play smaller venues.