SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS EVENT BEING CANCELLED
FORTUNATELY MOST OF THE BANDS INCLUDING CRAZY CAVAN AND THE RHYTHM ROCKERS ( WHO WERE BOOKED FOR SATURDAY )WERE INFORMED ( NOT BY THE EVENT ORGANISERS I HAVE TO ADD)
BEFORE THEY SET OUT FOR THE EVENT ...THE BANDS WHO PLAYED ON FRIDAY NIGHT ALL PLAYED FOR NO MONEY ( 'COS THERE WAS'NT ANY!! )TO TRY AND KEEP MORAL GOING FOR THE TICKET HOLDERS WHO HAD , NO ACCOMODATION , WERE SOAKED TO THE SKIN IN ANKLE DEEP MUD AND KEPT IN LIMBO REGARDING INFORMATION ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE FESTIVAL....
FROM THE OUTSET THE FAINT WHIFF OF
" THIS COULD BE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE"
QUCKLY ESCALATED INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF CONFUSION , EMPTY PROMISES AND THE ULTIMATE DEMISE OF THIS OVER AMBITIOUS EVENT.
AN EXERCISE IN EPIC PROPORTIONS OF MISMANAGEMENT , EXTREMELY QUESTIONABLE ORGANISATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS , COMBINED WITH DELUSIONAL IDEAS OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE.
IT'S TOO LATE FOR ALL OF US WHO TRAVELLED FROM FAR AND WIDE
IN WHATEVER CAPACITY TO BE THERE AND CAME BACK COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF.
THE PROMOTER SEEMS TO HAVE " DISSAPEARED ".
RUMOUR SURROUNDS HIS INTEGRITY .
WHO KNOWS ? NOT FOR ME TO SAY!!
DOES'NT REALLY HELP US DOES IT? OUR MONEY'S GONE NOW.
SO THE OLD ADAGE " NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE " CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE TRUE IN THIS CASE !!
WARNING BELLS STARTED A FEW DAY'S BEFORE THE EVENT
AND THE RUMOURS FANNED THE FLAMES UNTIL THE FINAL CRASH AND BURN THIS PAST WEEKEND.
WHAT A COMPLETE AND UTTER EXPLOITATION OF TICKET HOLDERS , BANDS , SECURITY , CONTRACTORS AND ANYONE DRAWN INTO THIS ABISMAL DISASTER.
TO MY FELLOW FESTIVAL GOERS I HOPE YOU ALL GOT HOME SAFE AND WELL I HOPE WE ALL WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE ANOTHER EVENT
LIKE THAT AGAIN.
LOUISE
YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS ARTICLE FROM THE PLYMOUTH HERALD THIS AFTERNOON:-
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/SH ... ticle.html
Dick help me and save me
