festival 'exclusives'

[neil999]

this seems to more and more common that exclusives are announced that arent exclusives, whats the legal stand point on this? are festivals just thinking they will get away with it as no-one will bother challenging it?

[mike86]

From what ive read other people saying, many of the "exclusives" seem to be for certain countries. So a T in the park exclusive is still free to play England/Wales/American festivals. It just seems to be a marketing gimmick.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I really dunno why they'd bother with someone like Courtney Barnett who's still playing student unions.

http://www.theartschool.co.uk/events/events/2-apr-15-courtney-barnett-the-art-school/

Not even sold out....

[Matt42]

I think it's a growing trend that tests are desperate to sell tickets

however if a headliner if exclusive for something like Reading and Leeds, they probably are exclusive.

[Wooderson]

It's a plague on modern festivals. Symptom of the dog eat dog nature of survival tho.

[neil999]

i wonder if they will just keep doing it until there is an actual legal problem and then they will cease to exist!

[fatyeti24]

i'd like to announce that, currently at least, i am a glastonbury exclusive this year. if you want to see me at a festival, that's the only one i have a ticket for.

[Brave Sir Robin]

I'm glad this has been raised again, it's a real bugbear of mine.

I think it's a breach of the Advertising Standards Authority's code (sanction: stop using that ad), and, more seriously, potentially a breach of the unfair trading regulations. I think the latter can lead to a fine.

A punter could also potentially claim for their ticket money back if they could show they wouldn't have bought it if they knew the exclusive claim was BS - which would be difficult, and almost certainly not worth the hassle. Although I reckon a sufficiently strong complaint might get your ticket refunded in any case.

[ghostdancer1]

suppose you'd have to see what exactly they're claiming exclusivity on really. putting the words "UK festival exclusive" after a name on a poster is hardly legally binding, and i'm sure a band's legal team will have gone through it, as will either of the festivals involved, so if they were actually breaking the contract with the initial festival, there'd be an issue.

here in Ireland it's very rare to see any act billed as exclusive, seems to be a mainly UK thing. having said that, contracts for the larger acts would have often had a clause about not playing any other festival/gig within X amount of months in my experience, but the festivals never made that public.

[stocky3000]

I really dunno why they'd bother with someone like Courtney Barnett who's still playing student unions.

http://www.theartschool.co.uk/events/events/2-apr-15-courtney-barnett-the-art-school/

Not even sold out....

I did wonder why they had claimed she was a festival exclusive

Would of been an equally odd move on her behalf aswell with a new album to promote

Glad its appeared to be overturned

[Mezhyp1]

I think Green Man have either been exceptionally let down by agents/bookers by claiming they've got/been given exclusivity, or they were just using it as a ploy to sell tickets

[timeforheroes]

I reasoned in the GM thread at the time that presumably they'd banked on the album blowing up and then it looking a coup come August. Still, a strange artist to claim exclusivity over, even more strange when you don't.

Reckon they'll claim it was exclusive at the time. No one else has booked her, so currently it's our exclusive.

All very odd.

[dentalplan]

FN6 exclusives The 2 Bears were just announced for Latitude.

[Divein]

FN6 exclusives The 2 Bears were just announced for Latitude.

I think the 2 bears are plying live at FN6 and probably djin at latitude

Wild Beasts UK exclusive for latitude

[5co77ie]

exclusives are a rubbish idea that kill off a lot of bands who could become festival headlining acts - fact

[tommyds]

Considering you can't get a refund on a festival ticket even if a headliner cancels, I doubt we're anywhere near a law about a band turning out not to be exclusive

[incident]

Considering you can't get a refund on a festival ticket even if a headliner cancels, I doubt we're anywhere near a law about a band turning out not to be exclusive

But it almost certainly would be covered by false advertising laws in at least some cases.

The obvious one would b Reading & Leeds advertising Bastille as exclusive - after they'd already been confirmed for Boardmasters. There's no way that can be considered anything other than an outright lie, which they're not allowed to do.

[tommyds]

But it almost certainly would be covered by false advertising laws in at least some cases.

The obvious one would b Reading & Leeds advertising Bastille as exclusive - after they'd already been confirmed for Boardmasters. There's no way that can be considered anything other than an outright lie, which they're not allowed to do.

Yeah, if it's untrue already when they make the statement then it's false advertising, but if it turns out to be untrue later on then I don't think you'd get anywhere

[atomised]

I wasn't aware Bastille were claimed as an exclusive

[Space Shanty]

Bastille as an exclusive... great news.

For every other festival

[ghostdancer1]

i assume the ASA and the NME lawyers will be on to efestivals soon after "Emily Eavis speaks exclusively to efestivals"

[Rose-Colored Boy]

But it almost certainly would be covered by false advertising laws in at least some cases.

The obvious one would b Reading & Leeds advertising Bastille as exclusive - after they'd already been confirmed for Boardmasters. There's no way that can be considered anything other than an outright lie, which they're not allowed to do.

Bastille were confirmed for Reading February 2nd, Boardmasters the day after.