DDave

£205 for a teen ticket. wowsers

UK probably has the most festivals in Europe which is amazing considering we've done the worst all round in this pandemic.

https://nltimes.nl/2021/07/26/top-festivals-scrapping-events-coronavirus-bitter-pill-swallow

How much are tickets? might give it a go tomorrow.

Heck of a trick to pull just to sell tickets for 2022. If they'd not announced any names or just a few then I'd understand but to string along 150+ acts plus their management for a festival that they thought was never going to happen is just conspiracy theorist stuff. I think some of the comments are valid in hindsight. Why go all out if there was a chance it wasnt going to happen. 30k people with 3 or 4 stages over 2 days with vaccined people allowed only would have been more realistic we'd still be talking about a festival that's going ahead rather than talking about a festival that's overstretched itself and ultimately isn't happening.

Saw it yesterday. https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/chokri-mahassine-is-het-slachtoffer-van-zijn-eigen-hoogmoed-felle-kritiek-op-pukkelpop-vanuit-muzieksector~b05b8d8c/?referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F

Sad they've cancelled but always a possibility. Hotel already booked for 2022. Assuming there's more of a shift back to normality there should be a much better pool of acts to choose from.

Minister Vandenbroucke: "If Pukkelpop cannot meet the conditions, it will not work" Federal Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) repeats that the rules for festivals are simple. "I understand that it is not easy to make that happen. The assessment is up to Pukkelpop. If Pukkelpop cannot meet it, it will not go ahead," he says in "The morning" on Radio 1. If you want to go to a festival, you have three options: either you have been fully vaccinated, or you have a negative PCR test result of a maximum of 48 hours old, or you have a negative rapid test of a maximum of 24 hours old. So it has to be repeated every day. For Pukkelpop, that is a tough assignment. Vandenbroucke nevertheless says that the rules are clear and relatively simple and does not intend to tinker with them much. “Pukkelpop said it was possible to organize the festival in a safe way. The plan of the Flemish government at the beginning of the summer included the option of continuing Pukkelpop. It was perfectly possible to test everyone in the field every day." "We are actually asking less than that now. If we fail to comply with the rules, all respect and understanding for that. If they say they can't live up to it, then it won't go through"

They would. Again, not much room for them though. Django Django in the club on the Sunday seems the most likely option as they're playing Lowlands as well.

Frequency cancelled. My bet is Marshmello cancels to be replaced by Amelie Lens (whose music appears on the PKP Spotify playlist despite her not being on the bill) https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10161519733321030&id=251748426029

@Death By Sexy Seen a lot of news about flooding in Limburg, is it bad where you are?

First names.

Can't see where they would fit now really

Paul Kalkbrenner closes the main on Saturday, Hives play before Balthazar. Stormzy headliner, playing before Marshmello Doesn't make it massively better for me really.