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New Aberdeen festival cancelled
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 1 July 2011
A new music festival due to launch in Aberdeen this month has been axed just four weeks before show time because of poor ticket sales.
Promoter of the Northern Lights Festival, Jim Sandison, said in a statement: “We’re so sorry to announce that the Northern Lights Music Festival has been cancelled. This has been a heartbreaking decision to make, which has simply been taken out of our hands due to poor ticket sales. To those that have supported the festival from the beginning by buying tickets, we can only thank you and apologise”.
It is thought complications booking a Saturday headliner also played a part, with some responding to the cancellation on the festival’s Facebook page by saying they were waiting for confirmation of the ‘mystery guest’ headline act before deciding whether to buy tickets. According to STV, promoters were in talks with Faithless about being headliners, but said talks fell through.
Sandison added that everyone who bought tickets for the cancelled event will be able to get a refund from point of purchase, concluding: “We can’t even begin to explain how we’re feeling right now and we’re so sorry – we just tried to something for the good of all but, alas, it wasn’t to be”.
Some locals have now launched an online petition calling for the festival to be saved.
