Update! Battles and Soulwax WILL play Wild in the Country

that don't look good does it? And there was me thinking this was going to be amazing... too good to be true I s'pose. thank f**k i didn't get a ticket...sorry for people who did though :(

A cancellation must be imminent...

to issue refunds now, surely?

for the organisers of this festival. they're screwed.

Tough break for the organisers, it actually looked like one of the better festivals this year too.

i was half debating going regardless, but seeing sa the other big draw for me, and two of the curiousities (I take it 2 many DJs are out as well?)

at least I SHOULD be able to get a full refund now

to pull out. Surely they can't not issue refunds, particularly as it doesn't look like there's not much to fill the gap.

that's the last time i try and go to a festival.

I'm sick of being fobbed off with 'it's not about one act it's about the whole event' excuse. My ticket says 'Bjork + guests', she's pulled out, now the Battles and Soulwax have cancelled too, so I want my money back. Fucking madness.

i was SO looking forward to this. now i am just going to be angry the whole time. :(

"Apparently the Battles is a rumour thats being investigated, and soulwax are still confirmed. This was based on a phone conversation with Rennaisance as of 12:15"

not an official response, just thought I'd add to the rumour mill.

In regards to WITP declining to refund - as soon as it was confirmed Bjork was out they gave the go ahead to issue refunds as long people get the tickets back to point of purchase before the festival.

...either from the promoters or the bands themselves about all this I would be inclined to ignore this “I’ve got a friend of a friend who says….” style rumour mongering.

and he says... They have to give refunds if a headliner pulls out. Apparantly this has been challenged in court before.

He reckons as soon as Renaissance check with their lawyer they'll have no choice.

^

just posted on the renaissance forum:

"To anyone who thinks that the T&Cs on the ticket deny them the right to a refund, they don't, since they constitute unfair terms of contract.
The OFT recently ruled against Mean Fiddler Music Group and forced them to amend their T&Cs to prevent them reserving the right to change the headline act even for festivals, if there is a named headliner.

It makes ***k all difference if WITC is primarily a dance music event, Renaissance have traded on the basis of having Bjork. Losing Bjork through reasons under their control (i.e. not meeting her production demands, regardless of what they may be) makes them basically in breach of contract and liable to either
a. refund the tickets or
b. refund the financial loss consequent upon the absence of Bjork (i.e. partial refund)."

He also links to the relevant article about Mean Fiddler: http://www.oft.gov.uk/advice_and_resources/resource_base/consumer-regulations/traders/466/1/

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Hope that's useful to some of you!

"The organisers have also confirmed that contrary to some reports both Battles, and Soulwax (the latter are curating a whole tent at the event) will still be appearing."

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/080701d.shtml

It would appear that your DiS reader is talking out of their a*se. No doubt some bitter Bjork fan who's got the hump because SHE decided to cancel her appearance without giving 2 sh*ts about any of her fans who may have bought tickets for this or her rescheduled Sheffield gig (which she has now cancelled indfinitely just 1 day before it was due to happen).

i'm a big fan of this site and it helps get me through the working day but i gotta say that the above piece of reporting (especially in its non-updated state but even now), was pretty silly and pointless. given that it was bound to cause some annoyance, praps you could've held off writing it till you had some more reliable sources... wouldnt want to start DIStrusting your reports innit.

Latest news is that battles ARE still playing, so your information appears to be a big fat 0% sound. Always next time though eh?

That note on the warp website didn’t appear until AFTER this new article. DiS should’ve checked their sources rather than rushing out some unverified rumour based on something sent to him by a reader who “has a contact who says…” – Lazy journalism is what it is.