ATP Festivals goes into administration

<s>ATP Iceland</s> - CANCEL.. 2016 - around the festival site — Photo credit: Nicholas Wesson

ATP Iceland - CANCELLED 2016

Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July 2016
Asbru (Former Nato Base), Keflavik, Reykjanes, Iceland MAP
120 euros - SOLD OUT

Daily capacity: 6,000

All Tomorrow’s Parties originally founded by Barry Hogan in 2001, has announced it will be closing down the entire live side of ATP festivals and live promotions and will go into administration. The news means the cancellation of next month's ATP Iceland and follows the earlier pulling the plug of Drive Like Jehu's ATP in April this year.

Back in 2012 the company was put into liquidation, leading to its directors setting up a new firm, which has fared no better.

A statement from organisers said, "It is with deep sadness we are announcing that ATP Festivals and live promotions are closing down. After months of speculation, our funding for Iceland has been pulled and we are no longer able to continue so will be closing down the entire live side of ATP festivals and live promotions with immediate effect and going into administration.

ATP Iceland festival is no longer happening, but all our other UK shows will have new promoters appointed and tickets transferred (all purchased tickets remain valid with the new promoter). We will post details of the administrators and what to do for festival ticket refunds over the next week.

We are very sorry we could not make this work and have tried to survive throughout all our recent losses but we are no longer able to trade and have to accept we cannot go on.

Thank you to all our loyal customers who have supported us and incredible artists who have performed or curated for us over the years and made ATP so special while it lasted."

The sold out 4th All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Iceland was due to be held at Ásbrú (a former Nato Base) in Keflavík, from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July 2016 from 7pm-2am each day (approx). The line-up included John Carpenter (performing his film scores & new compositions live for the first time), Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Fabio Frizzi, Sleep, Dirty Three, Thee Oh Sees, Tortoise, Ty Segall and The Muggers, Les Savy Fav, This Is Not This Heat, Omar Souleyman, Suuns, Angel Olsen, Yasmine Hamdan, Blanck Mass, Andrew Hung, Anika, Valdimar, Growing, Kimono, Muck, Mueran Humanos, Younghusband, USA Out Of Vietnam, JC Flowers, Grimm Grimm, ADSL Camels, Mario Batkovic, Orvar Smarason & Gunnar Tynes of mum - Performing live to Menschen am Sonntag, and Stewart Lee.

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