Worst ever festival line up?

At the last two festivals I've been to, at least two (non-headline) acts have dropped out on the day they were billed to appear - they vanished from the festival app schedule and no mention was made on social media or anything. Feels a bit like gaslighting to the festival-goer but I'm guessing there could be some tricky contractual reasons and it's best just to keep quiet? Anyone know anything about how/why this happens?
Not quite the right thread, I know, but couldn't see a more suitable one.

Not unusual for that to happen, period, but unusual for nobody to mention the why. For festivals I go to, usually the organizer will post on FB that "so and so will unfortunately have to cancel due to <visa issues/travel issues/scheduling conflict>" and then let you know if they've replaced them or who's taking their slot, etc.

not doing that is shady and bad business. and yet a lot of promoters probably do it because they're afraid of lost revenue/ticket sales and have already written disclaimers on their site about 'lineup subject to change'. it wasn't even a festival, but one local promoter did that with the Onyx tour this year, where they were the actual headliner, and had to bail, and all he did was update the event/ticket postings to remove their name without telling anybody.

Agreed and I did have that scenario a few years ago - a non-headliner had to pull out for health reasons a day or two before and the promoter/act publicising that saved me a journey, even though I didn't get a refund. Funnily enough, one of yesterday's cancellations has just posted that their flight was cancelled. I guess you can't legislate for everything and maybe it's fair enough just to update the schedule when these things happen and you've got a ton of other things to deal with.

my stupid idea this morning was to form a band called "Every Band Ever" and try to get booked at festivals

probably been done already

"Free Beer"
"Surprise Guest"

There actually was a band called “Free Beer and Chicken” that used to play the jam band circuit around upstate New York when I lived there

Adjective Noun.

Their first album is called Promising Debut.

Their second album is called Disappointing Followup.

the funniest band member name I ever saw was this pretentious douche opening for some alt-metal banda nd he went by "Andy Anonymous"

Dear Electric Zoo Family,

It is with a broken heart that we deeply regret to inform you that, despite our tireless efforts and round-the-clock commitment, we have made the painful decision to cancel the first day of Electric Zoo.

This year has presented unparalleled challenges… pic.twitter.com/m5tunuANZY

— Electric Zoo Festival (@ElectricZooNY) September 1, 2023

lol

the global supply chain threw off having the stage ready by a day?

every band ever cancelled

I can see
Both Mal P and Cloonee
But it's all over, boo
Electric Zoo

Is that yet another EDM fest?

Fyre Redux

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8qDLm_WsAAkqx6?format=jpg&name=large

ouch

this is even worse than the IDM fests featuring 100 3rd-tier bands nobody on ILM has ever heard of

i think that's perhaps the closest any music event has ever got being my room 101.

this is a close second - https://soundcloud.com/neverglowmusic/oasis-wonderwall-neverglow-liam-rydall-remix

it's the "live orchestra" that really pushes this one over the top

somebody should create a poll of the worst ones mentioned itt

Two sexual miscreants out of five, truly the cream of 90s indie rock

I know about Mark Morriss. Who is the other one?

Why is this being held at Hammersmith Apollo? Is it in conjunction with ShowFilmFirst?

I certainly heard some tales about that Levellers guy from back in the day, maybe he's less of a twat now

Chadwick is behind Morriss but his head is bigger

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tdpns2ajyjp4g5niu4ouczuo/bafkreieywjhix6axobd3qvauxxibtj4ctxr7tllpm47vjbd6cw5nxmqhri@jpeg

"Siri, put together a group of the most loathsome grifters in the United States today."

is Godzilla busy that day

feel like a looootta problems could be solved at once

lol my thoughts exactly

38 men enter, one man leaves

...and somehow it's George Santos, who wasn't actually there.

No Kaitlin Bennett?!

Perhaps the only occasion I would cheer a mass shooting event tbh

Lock the doors, shut off the A/C, see what happens.

Set Us On Fyre Festival

Fire! Festival

The Big Fears Festival!

Lock thread, we have a winner.

lol of course Vivek is there. I have a hunch he’s going to be Trump’s Veep nominee

Also congratulations at getting the cheapest convention center rate a few days before Christmas

it's cool that they're letting a liberal like t!m pool speak. not something you see happening on the so-called tolerant left

Try again, from Wikipedia;

In 2023, The New York Times described Pool's podcast as "extreme right-wing", and Pool himself as "right-wing" and a "provocateur".[83] In November 2022, NBC News referred to Pool as a "right-wing influencer".[84] In 2021, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) described Pool as a "reactionary".[85]

According to Al Jazeera in 2020, "Pool has amplified claims that conservative media endure persecution and bias at the hands of tech companies."[86] On August 24, 2020, Pool announced his support for Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, writing that he felt alienated by changes he perceived in the modern left.

Budo I’m sure was joking

iirc pool predicted that Trump would win 49/50 states in 2020.

Timmy looks like the Onion’s Jim Anchower

All the people I didn’t recognize turned out to be Covid deniers

Dave Rubin must be steamed he didn’t get invited

No Ariel Pink, No Cred

He’s playing the small stage, with the Red Scare girls and Jackson Hinkle.

Can't quite read the small letters next to Ted Cruz on my phone. Does it say "DJ set"?