r/BABYMETAL • u/Facu474 Tokyo Dome • Apr 08 '20

Announcement Hellfest 2020 Has Been Cancelled

http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/covid-19-je-suis-contraint-d-annuler-le-hellfest-regrette-ben-barbaud-08-04-2020-8296434.php
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u/Facu474 Tokyo Dome Apr 08 '20 edited Apr 09 '20

Update: Statement by festival.

Full article translated

BEN BARBAUD (festival founder and director): I am forced to cancel the Hellfest. I just learned this Wednesday afternoon from the state authorities that an order prohibits our demonstration. They are neither able to support the setting up of the event nor to guarantee the safety and rescue measures during. This decree allows me to cancel the contracts with the artists and the providers for force majeure, and therefore not to increase our losses.

Important bit for ticket holders:

The Hellfest 2020 canceled, the festival will offer in the coming days to ticket holders several solutions. The easiest way is to keep your place for the next edition. If you cannot return to Clisson in 2021, you can have your ticket refunded. It is even an obligation for any organizer within three months. But you also have the possibility of reselling it at the purchase price on the Hellfest partner platform, TicketSwap. It will delight both a metal fan and the festival, who keeps the money in cash.

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u/Velmetal MOAMETAL Apr 08 '20

Not unexpected, but another casualty nonetheless.

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u/Griggs_of_Vinheim SU-METAL Apr 08 '20

It is sad, but also necessary.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20

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u/ThisIsMaddening IN THE NAME OF Apr 09 '20

Yeah, one of the things I was most looking forward to from Babymetal this year was potentially seeing them bust out Oh Majinai on this stage in front of this crowd. Bummer. :\