Splendour in the Grass was cancelled in 2024 and 2025 due to a combination of poor ticket sales, skyrocketing production costs, and a, challenging economic climate for Australian festivals. Officially, organisers cited "unexpected events" for the 2024 cancellation, while in 2025 they stated the event needed "more time to recharge".
Speaking to triple j's Hack last year, Australian Festival Association managing director Mitch Wilson said the 2024 cancellation was due to rising costs and insufficient ticket sales.
In 2024, Splendour in the Grass was cancelled again—this time citing “unexpected events”—with the announcement made only a week after tickets went on sale (Burke, The Guardian, 27 March 2024).
A big reason some festivals keep getting cancelled is because festivals use early ticket sales to help finance the festival. Since the market is becoming extremely saturated, and ticket prices are rising, people aren't buying as many tickets as early anymore.
The tour started on March 9, 2016, in Seattle, Washington, and concluded on July 2, 2017, in London, England. After that, the remaining 14 shows of the tour were cancelled due to Bieber's mental health issues.
With over 20 editions of sonic sabbaticals, memorable moments, mosh pits and iconic live performances – Splendour in the Grass is Australia's biggest celebration of life, love, and most of all, music.
Fyre Festival was a failed luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent.
Rising production costs, unpredictable ticket sales, and an increasingly difficult landscape during 2023 and 2024 have made it impossible for us to move forward with next year's event.
Whether they're saved by a rival network, resurrected years later due to fan outcry, or a cancellation order was reversed simply because network execs took the time to reconsider, more shows than you realize have been brought back from the brink of annihilation.
Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, Travis and Jake Bugg have been announced as headline acts for this year's Splendour festival in Nottingham. The annual summer event returns after a year out to the grounds of Wollaton Hall from 19 to 20 July.
What is the famous line from splendor in the grass?
Wilma Dean: [voiceover] Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower, we will grieve not; rather find strength in what remains behind.
Steve Miller Band cancels 2025 tour before it even began: 'Blame it on the weather' In its cancellation announcement, the Steve Miller Band did not specify which areas or weather events posed a risk to its tour plans. The Steve Miller Band has pulled the plug on its 2025 tour a month before it was set to kick off.
In 1931, Deanie returns home from the asylum after two years and six months, "almost to the day." Ace has lost everything, and his wife has gone to live with relatives; whereas Bud's sister has died in a car crash.
Organisers of the Festival pulled out of the planning process after a small local group opposed the planning permit approval. The festival did not run in 2023 as the organisers decided to take the year off. As of New Year's Eve 2025, the event has not been staged again.
Black Deer In The City - cancelled due to poor sales. Cheltenham Tribute Festival - cancelled by promoters due to late submission of license application. Holbeach Music & Beer Festival - cancelling due to financial pressures. Cambridge Folk Festival - Has been running since 1965, but cancels event for 2025.
The company behind the Sign of the Times and Stone Valley South music festivals in East Herts went bust with debts of more than £6.5 million. Wannasee Ltd changed its name to 08076670 Ltd on May 14.
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The Beatles are widely considered the best-selling band of all time, with claimed sales over 600 million units and certified sales over 290 million, significantly outpacing other top bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and The Eagles, though exact figures vary slightly by source and metric (certified vs. claimed sales).
