The beleaguered Rewind Festival has run into even more trouble over the weekend with more acts jumping from the sinking ship. Previously headliners The Human League were pulled off the bill, along with 3 other headline acts, after the festival was relocated from a festival site in Wollongong to Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.
Now a post on Bananarama’s Facebook page has announced they’ve jumped ship too saying “Bananarama will unfortunately not be playing Rewind Australia – sorry guys and girls”. Bananarama were set to headline the second night of the relocated festival.
But that wasn’t the only bad news for ticket holders over the weekend who are still waiting for an announcement whether they will be granted refunds. There were rumours that T’Pau has also pulled out, which became confirmed after singer Carol Decker tweeted:
http://twitter.com/#!/caroldecker/status/125657124549300224
Rewind Festival Australia organisers have remained silent on all these happenings, with the only piece of communication to anxious ticket holders being that they’ll be making an announcement at 7.30pm tonight. Could they be about to change their mind on refunds after the NSW Department of Fair Trading launched an investigation?
Possibly, but there are signs that the entire festival might get canned. Although listed previously on the Hordern Pavilion website, Rewind Festival has mysteriously disappeared. Moshtix and Ticketek have also suspended all sales of tickets, an ominous sign for those still wishing to attend.
Rewind Festival UK, who licensed the name to the Australian festival, have also come out swinging in a statement issued to The Daily SPA. Director David Heartfield said “Rewind UK licensed the festival name to Shane Sanderson/Evolution Worldwide Ltd and undertook to book the artists for the festival from the UK. This was done and all the artists contracted. We are not at all happy with the current situation which does not reflect well on the Rewind brand name and are currently in discussions with Sanderson/Evolution to resolve this issue.”
We wait eagerly to see the announcement at 7.30pm tonight.
