Seasick Steve

[let's 'ave it!!!]

f**king w*nkers, makes me sick just put his name there to make us cough up our money

[shoptildrop]

Bad news peeps.

The official word is this:-

"V Festival organisers can confirm that Seasick Steve is now no longer able to commit to play V Festival 2009 and will not be performing at this year’s festival. News of several further exciting additions to the line-up will be confirmed shortly.

[TheNewUnion]

Bad news peeps.

The official word is this:-

"V Festival organisers can confirm that Seasick Steve is now no longer able to commit to play V Festival 2009 and will not be performing at this year’s festival. News of several further exciting additions to the line-up will be confirmed shortly.

[staffsknot]

Well can someone please tell me why V haven't bothered to inform anyone and ticket sales on registered reseller websites are still plugging him alongside the others.

Interestingly I have heard from a mate his website never listed V Fesitval as an appearance, so how confirmed he was when they began ticket sales is debatable!

Thanks efestivals for doing V's job and telling us

Edited March 20, 2009 by staffsknot

[Flaminglippy]

They really, REALLY just don't care once they've got our money do they!??

Still, it does leave a space on the main stage which hopefully they'll fill with a decent act...although I have my doubts...

[staffsknot]

Ah but true to form it will be someone crap like S Club 7 or some such rubbish.

Have asked the Seasick Steve website if they know owt but nothing since last night.

Still that means I'm gonna have to wait another year to see him! Hopefully they'll switch on and stick someone like Newton Faulkner on the V Stage as a near like for like replacement.

Edited March 20, 2009 by staffsknot

[eFestivals]

that's poo!!! but on your page u have him confirmed for unknow stage now - is this no more now I take it?

erm .... that was cos I deleted the wrong band entry for Staffordshire and not Seasick Steve.

Now corrected.

[eFestivals]

I'd also like to know who has defined the new additions as "exciting" I feel that we, the citizens of efestivals land, should make that decision.

they're hardly going to be saying "we have some really shit bands we're going to palm off on you instead of decent acts" are they?

[eFestivals]

Well can someone please tell me why V haven't bothered to inform anyone and ticket sales on registered reseller websites are still plugging him alongside the others.

Interestingly I have heard from a mate his website never listed V Fesitval as an appearance, so how confirmed he was when they began ticket sales is debatable!

Thanks efestivals for doing V's job and telling us

All festival line-ups are always subject to change. If/when a band does disappear, it's normal for just about any festival promoter to not say anything about it.

To be fair to V, they've removed it from their website, and as that's the official place for people to find up-to-date info about the festival, they've done things properly. It takes a while for the info to disseminate - it took efests a few days to pick up on it.

As for whether it was on a bands website or not, I really don't think you can take too much from that - performer websites are sometimes weeks behind in listing dates.

[TheNewUnion]

they're hardly going to be saying "we have some really shit bands we're going to palm off on you instead of decent acts" are they?

[staffsknot]

I realise acts are subject to change, but a big act disappearing less than 14 days after the tickets went on sale? Bit dodgy. Like I said I expect this around May time but not this early.

[staffsknot]

It's incredible, sun's shining, leaving work in 10 mins, I'm on my motorbike and I'm feeling gutted because I won't be hearing some blues a few months from now - how ironic is that?

[luckysalt]

I wonder what he is doing instead of V then?

Reading and Leeds?

Probably...

hope we get a decent act and not another pop act put on the line up in his place

[TheNewUnion]

If he does turn up at Reading/Leeds I think V need to take a long hard look at the way this has gone. One of the artists on the first announcement pulls out then turns up at another fest the week later. Even if there is nothing dodgy about it, it looks really bad.

I think (hope) that we've got our fair share of pop now, how about something cool and edgy?

[luckysalt]

Its happened before in recent years, both Charlotte Hatherly and Lightspeed Champion confirmed for V then pulled out to do Reading and Leeds instead, V seem like pushovers, you never hear of any acts pulling out of Reading and Leeds to play V

Edited March 20, 2009 by luckysalt

[guyfawkes]

I would of liked to have seen him, but i can't imagine many people bought a ticket for V to see him.

[staffsknot]

Well I've not really lost out in terms of buying a ticket - did that last year after got home from V '08, but he's one of the few acts I haven't seen in last 2 years. In fact I've never seen him which is what is so bloody annoying.

[The Fly]

Probably the only act I haven't seen that I really wanted to see. I never buy a ticket purely for one band/artist but he was definitely one of the major reasons I bought a ticket. Can't imagine they will find a suitable similar act to replace.

[Jonny!]

Probably the only act I haven't seen that I really wanted to see. I never buy a ticket purely for one band/artist but he was definitely one of the major reasons I bought a ticket. Can't imagine they will find a suitable similar act to replace.

[staffsknot]

Just been speaking to my friend Kat, she is daytripping the Saturday with two friends - they chose Saturday as Seasick was going to be there and they fancied seeing The Killers. Now they wish they were doing Sunday instead :-(

Three more people who have said they will consider going elsewhere in 2010 - congrats V you are making it harder for me to get people to turn up year in year out!

[Squall Moogle]

I wish I was going to Sonisphere, kupo.

[Carpetburn]

Its happened before in recent years, both Charlotte Hatherly and Lightspeed Champion confirmed for V then pulled out to do Reading and Leeds instead, V seem like pushovers, you never hear of any acts pulling out of Reading and Leeds to play V

[PaulDavis]

For everyone blaming V

How is it V's fault

It was Seasick Steve's decision not to play V and V cant make him play can they

Reading and Leeds have probably nicked him off V

V announced him cause they thought he would be able to play, obviously not

[mickg]

Although this is a pain in the arse at least it has given me time to go and see him elsewhere, last year bands were dropping out on the day which screwed up all the timetables and we missed bands we wanted to see.

The good newes is at least I don't have to get up too early!

Best I get my tickets for Hyde Park Calling

[vincentprice76]

Well Im gutted like alot of people have said he was one of the few acts that i really wanted to see that i had not seen already