A new music festival set to make its debut in Newcastle this weekend has been cancelled two days before its debut.
In shock news this Wednesday, the festival In Between Days, which had been due to play out in Times Square over three days from this Friday to Sunday, announced it has been called off, without giving any explanation of the reason. The event had been set to star Happy Mondays and Ian Brown and local favourites Andrew Cushin and Liam Fender were also on the bill.
The new May 26-28 festival had just been announced in March, with organisers Tokyo Live promising many more acts to be announced including a potential big surprise for the bank holiday Monday too. But now music lovers are left shocked and disappointed by a statement posted by organisers on the festival website which said: "We gave it our best shot. We are so very sorry to have to deliver the news that the In Between Days Festival will not be going ahead.
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"It breaks our heart to make this announcement; no company sets out with an intention to cancel, postpone or reschedule an event (and when we have to cancel like this, we have to write off the significant amount of money we’ve spent so far)."
It added: "We were so excited to play host to some of the biggest names and the best talent in the world, but sadly it’s not to be this time. To everyone who has supported us, we are so very grateful but obviously very disappointed that we have not been able to make this a reality for you.
"We would like to offer our thanks to all the artists, partner agencies, suppliers and of course, our ticket holders for supporting us - we are so sorry to have disappointed you all."
The statement ended with the words: "Ticket holders will receive an automatic refund (to include fees). Thank you for your understanding."
Tickets for the festival had gone on sale on March 29 and other names who had been due to take to the outdoor stage this weekend were Two Door Cinema Club, DMA's, Tom Walker and The Wombats. At the time the festival was first announced, Aaron Mellor, event organiser and owner of Tokyo Live and city centre club Digital, called its chosen location: “a perfect inner city festival site", adding: "We are very proud to be able to stage this incredible event in the Newcastle we all love.”
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