This years festival winners and losers

[CaledonianGonzo]

WOMAD Glasgow cancelled due to poor sales.  It's a shame but can't say I'm surprised given that - on paper at least - I'm pretty much their target market and the line-up really didn't cut it.

[Mr Boo]

https://apple.news/AIS1OdomnTfq6EjC1TV2vJw
 

Was interesting article on the subject 

Edited June 13 by Mr Boo

[CaledonianGonzo]

TRNSMT giving their tickets away for buttons on coupon sites.  

 

This year has to be the final hurrah

[Suprefan]

Coachella beat everyone. No days off taken here.

[K2SO]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

TRNSMT giving their tickets away for buttons on coupon sites.  

 

This year has to be the final hurrah

 

They really dropped a bollock on their lineup this year. They went with Richard Ashcroft because he did well as Oasis support - But realistically, you're not getting 50k people in a field to hear the 4 or 5 songs they know at like £70+ a ticket.

Can't get my head around the Kasabian booking, either. Finsbury Park was a bold move for them, and yes it sold out, but I think you're more likely to see people make the journey to London if they want to see them rather than Glasgow. A second similar capacity show was always going to be a big ask for them.

[Chapple12345]

22 minutes ago, K2SO said:

 

They really dropped a bollock on their lineup this year. They went with Richard Ashcroft because he did well as Oasis support - But realistically, you're not getting 50k people in a field to hear the 4 or 5 songs they know at like £70+ a ticket.

Can't get my head around the Kasabian booking, either. Finsbury Park was a bold move for them, and yes it sold out, but I think you're more likely to see people make the journey to London if they want to see them rather than Glasgow. A second similar capacity show was always going to be a big ask for them

I saw somewhere they were advertising Lewis' day as him live on Glagow Green and only mentioned Amy Mcdonald and CMAT as support, 0 mention of the festival 

I completely agree this will probably be the last one which is a shame because the first 2 seemed so promising and now its turned into middle of the road rubbish with acts you can see everywhere else 

Anyone know if the BBC are covering it next week as it'll be fascinating to see how full (or empty) it is  

[dotdash79]

Don’t think the World Cup has helped with Scotland qualifying, big nights out will be planned around those games. 

[sheffinghell]

Statement from Heritage Live today:

 

We’re devastated to report the heart-breaking news that we have no choice but to cancel this summer’s HeritageLive festivals at the Englefield Estate, the Audley End Estate and the Sandringham Estate.

 

We’d been working desperately hard behind the scenes to conclude an investment and equity package to ease the burden of an extraordinarily tough year, but this last beacon of hope has fallen through at the 11th hour, making it impossible to go ahead.

 

As one of the few remaining British independent promoters, it’s become almost impossible to compete in what has become an increasingly saturated festival market. 

 

The might of huge multi-nationals has had the adverse effect of driving up supplier, artist and staffing costs and whilst it’s still just about manageable during a normal year, the cost-of-living crisis combined with general financial uncertainty, has resulted in several shows having far lower than average ticket sales, making it impossible to survive in such a competitive industry, with so many rising costs.

 

It would therefore be irresponsible and wrong of us to proceed without the certainty that we’d be able to meet all of our supplier, artist and crew costs.

 

The whole HeritageLive team is absolutely devastated. It would have been the most amazing summer with such an extraordinary array of supreme talent and we’re all so very sorry to let everyone down.

 

Ticket Refunds

You will have bought your tickets via one of our reputable ticket agents, either AXS Ticketing, Ticketmaster, See Tickets, Gigantic, Skiddle, or Ticketline. Please locate and keep safe your ticket transaction receipt, which would have been emailed to you from one of the above ticket agents, following your booking. As the ‘merchant of record’ ticket agents are bound by the Consumer Rights Act to process your refund “without undue delay” and in many cases this will happen automatically within a reasonable period, but please contact your ticket agent directly should you have any queries.

 

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported and enjoyed our events over the past 10 years. Whilst this is devastating news, we hope that in time you’re able to look back with fond memories to those happier days; we’ve had so many awesome and magical moments over the years and hope they remain in your hearts forever.

 

HeritageLive xx

[Chapple12345]

1 hour ago, sheffinghell said:

Statement from Heritage Live today:

 

We’re devastated to report the heart-breaking news that we have no choice but to cancel this summer’s HeritageLive festivals at the Englefield Estate, the Audley End Estate and the Sandringham Estate.

 

We’d been working desperately hard behind the scenes to conclude an investment and equity package to ease the burden of an extraordinarily tough year, but this last beacon of hope has fallen through at the 11th hour, making it impossible to go ahead.

 

As one of the few remaining British independent promoters, it’s become almost impossible to compete in what has become an increasingly saturated festival market. 

 

The might of huge multi-nationals has had the adverse effect of driving up supplier, artist and staffing costs and whilst it’s still just about manageable during a normal year, the cost-of-living crisis combined with general financial uncertainty, has resulted in several shows having far lower than average ticket sales, making it impossible to survive in such a competitive industry, with so many rising costs.

 

It would therefore be irresponsible and wrong of us to proceed without the certainty that we’d be able to meet all of our supplier, artist and crew costs.

 

The whole HeritageLive team is absolutely devastated. It would have been the most amazing summer with such an extraordinary array of supreme talent and we’re all so very sorry to let everyone down.

 

Ticket Refunds

You will have bought your tickets via one of our reputable ticket agents, either AXS Ticketing, Ticketmaster, See Tickets, Gigantic, Skiddle, or Ticketline. Please locate and keep safe your ticket transaction receipt, which would have been emailed to you from one of the above ticket agents, following your booking. As the ‘merchant of record’ ticket agents are bound by the Consumer Rights Act to process your refund “without undue delay” and in many cases this will happen automatically within a reasonable period, but please contact your ticket agent directly should you have any queries.

 

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported and enjoyed our events over the past 10 years. Whilst this is devastating news, we hope that in time you’re able to look back with fond memories to those happier days; we’ve had so many awesome and magical moments over the years and hope they remain in your hearts forever.

 

HeritageLive xx

I live about an hour from Sandringham and everyone locally said tickets were just far too expensive to justify going. You could probably get a decent weekend at a festival for the cost of 1 of the days 

[dingbat2]

Yes, Heritage Live really seemed to struggle to et a decent line up this year - Lionel, Clapton, Rickey Martin, Christine Aguilera and Janet Jackson. And charging over £140 for a ticket, no real surprise ticket sales were poor! A last minute announcement of a (decent) comedy line-up smelt of desperation. Also Sandringham car parking is always a shambles to get out of I think people just said no thanks. And they had loads on offer through Blue Light and Tickets for Good last year so people were probably holding off buying tickets anyway as bound to get them for free/cheaper later on

[itschris]

31 minutes ago, Chapple12345 said:

I live about an hour from Sandringham and everyone locally said tickets were just far too expensive to justify going. You could probably get a decent weekend at a festival for the cost of 1 of the days 

 

I'm in Norfolk too and had considered going to the Janet Jackson night but immediately cancelled any thought of it when i saw the pricing.

 

I'm going to the Streets at RockNRoll Circus with my wife and young child, plus arrested development with my wife and two teenage children, all for less than two tickets to heritage live.

[sheffinghell]

19 minutes ago, itschris said:

 

I'm in Norfolk too and had considered going to the Janet Jackson night but immediately cancelled any thought of it when i saw the pricing.

 

I'm going to the Streets at RockNRoll Circus with my wife and young child, plus arrested development with my wife and two teenage children, all for less than two tickets to heritage live.

RnR is a great format ... been the last 3 years in Sheffield. It's well-organised, reasonable pricing with no tiers, almost no clashes, and you don't have to contend with swathes of picnic chairs!