No Soni

[Red Day]

See Soni have announced no festival for 2015

[JBarbour]

Team Sonisphere reluctantly confirm that Sonisphere will not take place in the UK in 2015. Weve been working hard to get a line-up that we felt was good enough but also on a weekend which would avoid other events that we know rock fans would want to support. Unfortunately our last irons in the fire have just been extinguished and its clear that we wont be in a position to run the event this year. Weve said in the past that Sonisphere will only go ahead if we feel it is going to be good enough and that hasnt changed.

We hope all rock fans have a great summer with all the festivals and concerts already in the calendar and we plan to see you all in 2016.

[Red Day]

Probably good for Download ticket sales I'd imagine

[lharris92]

or bloodstock.

[justanothername]

And R&L with Metallica as apparently Soni goers only want Metallica

[Yellow_Fellow]

The aggressive booking by Andy Copping clearly had a hand in this. The c**t that he is.

[kaip]

Ah well steelhouse festival for me then

[lightning1000]

The aggressive booking by Andy Copping clearly had a hand in this. The c**t that he is.

Or he's just doing his job properly?

[Yellow_Fellow]

Or he's just doing his job properly?

If doing your job properly includes anticompetitive moves you probably need to reevaluate your concept of "doing your job properly"

[dentalplan]

Yeah that's not doing your job properly... that's doing your job really well.

[Yellow_Fellow]

It's also punishable by law, but

[dentalplan]

[thetime]

Yellow dickhead extending his bollox talking to other part of the forum I see.

What a c**t.

Edited January 16, 2015 by thetime

[Mouseboy11]

I'd be interested to know what Copping has done that'd be punishable by law..

[scrubbertheman]

Wow, who'D have thought folks would get so het up?

Mr Yellow, look inside man.

[Yellow_Fellow]

I'd be interested to know what Copping has done that'd be punishable by law..

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284411/oft447.pdf

Yellow dickhead extending his bollox talking to other part of the forum I see.

What a c**t.

Glad you kept it on here and not your Twitter this time. But yes, I agree, what a c**t indeed. Edited January 17, 2015 by Yellow_Fellow

[dentalplan]

Why is it that they haven't taken legal action for anticompetitive practices then?

[Yellow_Fellow]

¯\(°_o)/¯

[Red Day]

Yellow, not sure exactly what you're getting at but festival bookers have to look after their own interests to make sure their festival survives during good and hard times.

It's very common for the bigger festivals to put clauses on bands not to play at other festivals, or within a certain distance from their festival for a set period of time.

T in the Park certainly does that, even with the smaller bands,

[thetime]

Glad you kept it on here and not your Twitter this time. But yes, I agree, what a c**t indeed.

I feel like your mom, wow!!

[lightning1000]

Well that escalated quickly

What about sonisphere? They could be accused of the same. Last year they booked maiden and metallica. The only 2 bands inbred metulz fans seem to care about.

That's not all metal fans btw.

[Mouseboy11]

I'm still not sure what he's seeing as anti-competitive practices? If it's the booking of exclusives you might as well bundle in John Giddings and Melvin Benn too.

[lightning1000]

Exactly, it's standard fest booking practice. They all do it, it just seems soni can't hack it in an over saturated market in the UK. They really need to be getting headliners booked in advance. Not looking 11 months before the fest.

[thegremlin_1999]

Exactly, it's standard fest booking practice. They all do it, it just seems soni can't hack it in an over saturated market in the UK. They really need to be getting headliners booked in advance. Not looking 11 months before the fest.

Including Sonisphere for half their undercard!

[Gucci Piggy]

Which of the prohibited items in that link from Yellow has Copping performed?

Yellow, you aren't seriously suggesting Copping can be lawfully punished for booking bands that his competitors would have booked? Unless I'm misunderstanding.

Also I highly doubt you got an unbiased account of it all from the Soni organisers.