The Perth leg of this June's We Love Sounds festival has been cancelled.
The official statement from festival organizers reads:
It is with great disappointment the We Love Sounds Perth event has been forced to cancel.
Faced with advanced ticket sales well below any reasonable expectations and meeting the commitments of an enormous budget with extraordinary production, we have no choice but to do the responsible thing and cancel the event.
When planning for this year’s event began many months ago, the national promoter, Sounds, and the local promoter, Boomtick, were determined to bring something new and fresh to We Love Sounds 2010 – the most important ingredient being that ‘festival’ feel – all acts together in one space for the very first time in Perth.
Together, the promoters fought hard to make the festival one of the most spectacular on the circuit. This meant unparalleled production and infrastructure costs to ensure all patrons were undercover, experiencing the very best in audio and visual quality.
Rest assured every situation and scenario to avoid this course of action have been carefully considered. This included scaling back the production value of the event, however this simply wasn’t an option for the promoters. When a patron buys a ticket to one of our events or festivals, they should expect nothing but the best and anything less is unacceptable.
Please note, all other Australian We Love Sounds festival events (and Winter Sound System shows) are proceeding as planned.
Refunds are available from the original point of purchase.