Creamfields cancelled due to weather conditions

Creamfields ticketholders for today's performers have been told not to turn up at the site.

Organisers tweeted fans to say the site was closed due to adverse weather conditions following continuous heavy rain throughout the night.

Cheshire Police say those already there should make suitable arrangements to leave the site and extra public transport will be laid on.

There have been no serious casualties but police say they are in the process of setting up alternative exits.

People have already been leaving the festival due to the poor weather conditions.

Anyone attempting to leave the site is being told that they should follow the directions of event staff to ensure the best exit route.

More updates will be made available throughout the day, with travel information for those leaving the site and for anyone collecting friends and family.

Creamfields has already played host to acts including Avicii, Flux Pavilion and Skrillex.

Deadmau5, Calvin Harris and Sub Focus are all due to appear on Sunday.

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Africa Oyé Cancelled due to severe weather

Funded by Arts Council of England
and Liverpool City council

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The UK’s largest celebration of African music and culture

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24^th June 2012

Sefton Park, Liverpool / Admission: FREE

"We are very sad to have to announce that due to heavy rain over the last few nights causing several Health and Safety issues in the set up of the festival site as well as the potential accidents that could happen over the weekend because of the weather, Africa Oyé has been forced to cancel this weekend's festival in Sefton Park.

The stage crew have been unable to put the stage up in the current conditions and the vehicles that have already driven onto the field have left much of the area unfit for the festival.

We are very sorry at having to let you know at this late stage but we hope you understand that it is out of the organisers' hands and no decision could be made until this afternoon and the early signs were promising. Unfortunately, more heavy rain this morning has tipped the scales out of Oye's favour. The decision was not taken lightly.

However...

There WILL be an event happening this weekend away from the park - Africa Oyé is working on a contingency plan and we will bring you news as soon as it's been confirmed. Keep your eyes peeled to the social networks below:

Facebook.com/africaoye

twitter - @africaoye

Thank you for understanding and watch this space."

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WOWfest 2012 Postponed

Following consultations and full consideration, it is with heavy hearts and much regret that we have been forced to announce the postponement of WOWfest 2012.

Putting the festival together, in what is proving to be a very challenging year and with damage inflicted by anti-festival lobbyists, was more difficult than we anticipated. We have spent the last year fighting hard to establish and keep WOWfest in the calendar. Unfortunately circumstances have dictated that this is no longer possible to achieve in 2012.

Although great confidence had initially been shown by the Isle of Wight Council to grant a Premises License for 18,000 rising to 22,000 capacity over a three year period and to further grant permission to run an event of that size under the Isle of Wight Act there are many forces trying to prevent the event happening. There is no doubt of the WOWfest team operational capabilities to deliver such an event.

However, the Isle of Wight Act conditions imposed by the council on the 18^th May required a lump sum payment of over £140,000 for Council and Emergency Services to be brought forward to the 31^st May. The conditions also stipulated the need for a financial bond of an unspecified and potentially unlimited amount to be made to the Isle of Wight Council.

WOW Festivals Ltd informed the Isle of Wight Council and responsible authorities, before the payment deadline for over £140,000 under the Isle of Wight Act fell due, that WOWfest would revert to run a downsized event – under the size (5,000) at which the Isle of Wight Act is invoked. However, the Isle of Wight Council rejected a minor variation application to voluntarily reduce the capacity and hours of operation on our Premises Licence and the Police decided to call for a full licence review, at the start of the Jubilee weekend. Undue and untimely pressure has resulted in one of the organisers suffering a stroke over the Jubilee weekend.

The planned event for 2012 will need to be postponed. Alternatives have been briefly assessed but time is against us and therefore the only sensible decision is to cancel WOWfest 2012 on the Isle of Wight and look to the future in 2013.

Ticket holders for WOWfest 2012 will be refunded.

Whilst we will be in touch with them all separately, in addition to this announcement, we want to openly express our deepest regrets to the artists and to thank all the people, suppliers and contractors who worked so hard with us to try and pull off what has proved to be a monumental task when there have been so many people determined to destabilise the event with negative publicity and actions. We also want to send a huge thanks to the partners and people who stuck by us and we are so sorry that we can’t fulfil what we set out to do in 2012. 

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Chazzstock Festival cancelled and moved to one day Festival

Due to unforeseen licensing issues, Chazzstock Festival, which was due to take place at Stanford Hall, Lutterworth on the weekend of June 9-10^th, has regrettably been cancelled. However, Chazzstock will still live on in the form of a one-day event across both Wolverhampton Civic Hall and Wulfrun Hall on Sunday 10^th June, with full sets from The Vaccines, The Horrors and Tribes plus support bands still performing in memory of the much-loved, young musician Charles Haddon.  

Charles, otherwise known as Chazz, was the lead singer of cult synth-pop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and sadly passed away in August 2010.  All money raised at the event will be donated to The Prince’s Trust, a youth charity that changes young people’s lives.

Tickets for the new event are priced at 25GBP and are available and selling fast via the ticket links here:

www.gigsandtours.com

www.gigantic.com                 

www.wolvescivic.co.uk

Festival ticket holders are being offered the choice of a full refund or a transfer to a special VIP ticket for the day event. Full details on refunds and the new event will be available shortly via the Chazzstock website, so keep an eye on it: www.chazzstock.org

Jack Bissell, organiser of Chazzstock and close friend of the late Charles Haddon, has released this official statement:

“It’s with a heavy heart that we have to pull the festival. It’s always a struggle for a brand new festival and as a non-profit festival it has been even harder. We have fought hard to make Chazzstock Festival work, as we wanted to get the best possible result for Charles and the charity we are raising money for. Due to licensing restrictions and an impending festival date, it seemed a change of venue was the best possible solution. The Vaccines have been very supportive of the venue change and we still want to put on an event that would make Charlie proud! I’d like to thank everyone involved in organising the festival and everyone who has bought a ticket for their support. It really means a lot to us all and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused. I still hope that one day, we can do a proper Chazzstock Festival. Maybe we should go with Charlie's original plan and do it in the field behind his parents’ house!”

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U2 cancel Glastonbury Gig

Irish rock group U2 cancelled their headline slot at the Glastonbury festival today to allow lead singer Bono to recover from surgery to an injured spine.

Bono said in a statement today that he was “heartbroken” to be pulling out of the festival next month, which U2 were due to headline on the Friday night.

He said: “I’m heartbroken. We really wanted to be there to do something really special - we even wrote a song especially for the Festival.”

Bono injured his back during rehearsals for U2’s planned world tour, and was taken to a neurosurgery unit in Munich last week to undergo surgery on his spine. The singer, who suffered from temporary partial paralysis as a result of his injury, has been told he will need to take two months to recuperate.
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The band have also had to postpone their 16-date tour of the US and Canada, booked for June and July, as well as cancel their appearance at the 40th anniversary festival at Glastonbury on June 25.

Michael Eavis, the festival’s organiser and owner of the Worthy Farm site, said this morning: “It was obvious from our telephone conversation that U2 are hugely disappointed. Clearly, they were looking forward to playing the Pyramid Stage as much as we were looking forward to watching them.

“At this point, we have no comment to make about possible replacements for U2’s Friday night slot. Instead, we would simply like to send Bono our very best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.”

Michael Eavis will be especially disappointed after admitting in November that he had been trying to secure an appearance by U2 at Glastonbury “for years”, adding: “I’m sure they will pull out all the stops to make next year’s Glastonbury the most memorable ever.”

The debate has already begun across social networking sites and the broader music world as to who should replace U2 as the headline act for the first main night of the festival.

London-born rapper and rising star Dizzee Rascal was due to play before U2 in the penultimate slot on the main Pyramid Stage on the Friday night and is many pundits’ favourite to be bumped up to the headline slot, following a hugely popular set at Glastonbury last year.

The controversial but highly acclaimed appearance of Jay-Z at the festival in 2008 also allayed fears that Glastonbury fans would not welcome a rap star to headline a rock festival.

There have also been rumours circulating that Michael Eavis and his daughter Emily might approach Coldplay to step in to fill the vacant headline slot, although there was no confirmation from either camp that talks had been initiated.

Before the line-up was confirmed in the last few months, a number of high-profile rock bands were touted as possible headline acts, including the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. However, it remains unclear whether a new act will be added to the line-up, or whether an act already on the bill will be asked to fill the vacant Friday night headline slot.

Among other popular suggestions among fans on Twitter have been to ask Damon Albarn’s band Gorillaz or electronic dance duo The Chemical Brothers to play the slot.

Some Glastonbury fans, who are notoriously picky about the acts selected at the festival, seemed to celebrate U2’s cancellation, with one fan on Twitter, Chris Bell, saying: “Ahh, U2 cancel Glasto appearance. And in some small way the world is a better place.”

However, with hundreds of other acts across five days and dozens of stages, as well as Muse and Stevie Wonder due to headline the Saturday and Sunday slots