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Source: http://www.nme.com/news/metallica/44602

Forthcoming new metal festival Sonisphere is abolishing booking fees for ticket buyers and issuing refunds to fans who have already paid out for them.

Organisers of the touring festival, which hits Knebworth on August 1-2 and will be headlined by Metallica and Linkin Park, have followed in the footsteps of Glastonbury in scrapping the £11.50 fee for those buying weekend and weekend camping tickets.

They are offering a refund of the levy to those who have already bought tickets.

Festival chiefs couldn't resist a dig at the government when issuing a statement about the refunds. It read: "The festival has been working closely with all ticket agencies and we have negotiated with the House Of Commons that we will be putting booking fees through on MP's expenses. We feel they owe you!"

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The booking fee was ridiculous so this is good news. I mean 12 quid booking fee WTF. Glad this is happening.

Sucks though how they are now laying on free buses for all new customers yet people that have already got their tickets and supported this festival from the very beginning cannot take advantage of this. Bullshit.

Saw some guy on the official forums saying this is a cover up as they have no subheadliner to announce. Hope that turns out to be false.

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The booking fee was ridiculous so this is good news. I mean 12 quid booking fee WTF. Glad this is happening.

Sucks though how they are now laying on free buses for all new customers yet people that have already got their tickets and supported this festival from the very beginning cannot take advantage of this. Bullshit.

Saw some guy on the official forums saying this is a cover up as they have no subheadliner to announce. Hope that turns out to be false.

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I really dont think this has anything to do with "struggling sales" or with "no sub headliner". The reason we dont have the sub announced yet is because the fest is still like 3 months away and they dont want to announce everything to early - we'll hear soon enough no doub thtough.

And I doubt its due to poor ticket sales - I think its selling fine, and if it was struggling they would have started selling Day tickets - because cutting 10 off the price really isnt gonna make much of a difference. if they have a ton of tickets left to sell. The way I see it they have not as many left and want a burst of sales.

Still I laught at people who always look at this with a pessimistic view, tey are offering cheaper tickets - with refunds to us who already have em, Free buses, and a really good Guitar Hero Metallica bundle aswell. Seems all good to me.

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SEEMS ALL GOOD?? So the big Metallica fans who bought tickets straight away get nowt whilst the fair-weather fans who maybe weren't that fussed now get a HUGE discount on the GH: Metallica video game! Frackin' stinks.

The booking fee refund is fine and dandy but bunging in an (almost) free Metallica video game when all the major 'Tallica fans already have tickets is right ol' poke in the eye.

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The booking fee was ridiculous so this is good news. I mean 12 quid booking fee WTF. Glad this is happening.

Sucks though how they are now laying on free buses for all new customers yet people that have already got their tickets and supported this festival from the very beginning cannot take advantage of this. Bullshit.

Saw some guy on the official forums saying this is a cover up as they have no subheadliner to announce. Hope that turns out to be false.

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I really dont think this has anything to do with "struggling sales" or with "no sub headliner". The reason we dont have the sub announced yet is because the fest is still like 3 months away and they dont want to announce everything to early - we'll hear soon enough no doub thtough.

And I doubt its due to poor ticket sales - I think its selling fine, and if it was struggling they would have started selling Day tickets - because cutting 10 off the price really isnt gonna make much of a difference. if they have a ton of tickets left to sell. The way I see it they have not as many left and want a burst of sales.

Still I laught at people who always look at this with a pessimistic view, tey are offering cheaper tickets - with refunds to us who already have em, Free buses, and a really good Guitar Hero Metallica bundle aswell. Seems all good to me.

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I have to agree with t8yman but then I am a grumpy old pessamist!! :lol::lol:

Also, Imagine how much day tickets would be with the booking fee. DL and reading day tickets are 65 quid plus booking. What would soni day tickets go for? £75 plus booking! A bit hard to swollow!

the cynic in me says, as good as this publicity makes the organisers look, the price drop is only haooening because the festival was overpriced in the first place. Well that is the opinion of a lot of people anyway!

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I have to agree with t8yman but then I am a grumpy old pessamist!! :lol::lol:

Also, Imagine how much day tickets would be with the booking fee. DL and reading day tickets are 65 quid plus booking. What would soni day tickets go for? £75 plus booking! A bit hard to swollow!

the cynic in me says, as good as this publicity makes the organisers look, the price drop is only haooening because the festival was overpriced in the first place. Well that is the opinion of a lot of people anyway!

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