Hellfest 2005----- CANCELLED! * hit F5 for updates!*
IT's OFFICIAL!
"Hellfest is in court now trying to file an injunction against the Sovereign Bank Arena. SBA pulled out after someone led them to believe that there would be lots of fights and violence at the shows. With this new information at hand, SBA decided that they wanted an extreme crazy pants insurance plan. Something that Hellfest organizers can not provide in a few hours. SBA has closed their doors and is not allowing the delivery of any equipment inside the venue. Because the fest is in a few hours - and Hellfest peoples cant give bands a definite answer, many/most of the bands flying in have canceled their plans. Hellfest did not give any sort of a deposit to a single band - and told the bands that if the show was canceled they could not refund travel costs. Which is why many of the bands are saying "thanks but no thanks" "
Joined: 29 Jul 2005
Location: Long Island NY
PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
when i called about 2 minutes ago she said exactly to me "the hellfest event is 100% canceled, I was told a few minutes ago, im recieving a lot of calls so please call back later about a refund, or you can contact your point of purchase"
"Oh yeah - and The Agency Group - a huge booking agent - was supposedly going to bring Hellfest Inc into court today because they have not received a single dime for band deposits.
Basically, Keith Allen and Shawn Blue used Paypal to solicit tickets, make a website, wrap a school bus in a Hellfest ad, run some commericals and that was that. They only sold xxx number of tickets via paypal and they couldn't sell any more because of PayPal spending limits. I just wonder who Keith will blame this year. This isn't like 2000 when you only had Kurt Ballou yelling at you, this year, you have judges. Do you think Public Enemy care about hardcore?"
"If you bought your ticket through the venue, you can most likely get a refund. If you bought your ticket via paypal which was the "official" way set up on the hellfest website, you are so shit out of luck.
Think about it - last I heard, Paypal capped Hellfest account at about 1,000 tickets. Tickets ranged from $100 to $120 or so. That is about $100,000 dollars that is unaccounted for. Holy fucking shit.
" HELLFEST site says "contact arena for refund"
ARENA site says "refund available at point of purchase"
SO WHICH IS IT?! I BOUGHT MINE FROM PAYPAL
I'm thinking about getting shirts printed where I work like "I lost over $500 because Hellfest got cancelled". Any other ideas?"
"...two of the main planners quitting a couple days ago, the sound production company and caterers both pulling out, trying to sell all the tickets through PayPal and hitting the PayPal limit, not paying any of the bands or vendors and deposits, not having any of the money to cover any of this because you don't get $100,000 from PayPal instantly, all the main bookers, as a result, pulling all their bands from the fest, the venue requiring a $5 million insurance policy ...."
IT's OFFICIAL!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Hellfest has been cancelled. After a full day in court in Burlington County, NJ, Hellfest was unable to meet unreasonable demands brought to Hellfest's attention by the Sovereign Bank Arena on August 16, 2005 at 6:21 PM, and to be met by August 17, 2005 at 7:00 AM. Actions were taken and Hellfest had an injunction filed by noon on August 17, 2005, but was overruled by the judge.
We send our deepest apologies out to the fans and everyone who was involved with the event and want you to be aware that legal action is being taken. For ticket refunds please contact the Sovereign Bank Arena box office."Hellfest is in court now trying to file an injunction against the Sovereign Bank Arena. SBA pulled out after someone led them to believe that there would be lots of fights and violence at the shows. With this new information at hand, SBA decided that they wanted an extreme crazy pants insurance plan. Something that Hellfest organizers can not provide in a few hours. SBA has closed their doors and is not allowing the delivery of any equipment inside the venue. Because the fest is in a few hours - and Hellfest peoples cant give bands a definite answer, many/most of the bands flying in have canceled their plans. Hellfest did not give any sort of a deposit to a single band - and told the bands that if the show was canceled they could not refund travel costs. Which is why many of the bands are saying "thanks but no thanks" "
Joined: 29 Jul 2005
Location: Long Island NY
PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 3:43 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
when i called about 2 minutes ago she said exactly to me "the hellfest event is 100% canceled, I was told a few minutes ago, im recieving a lot of calls so please call back later about a refund, or you can contact your point of purchase"
"Oh yeah - and The Agency Group - a huge booking agent - was supposedly going to bring Hellfest Inc into court today because they have not received a single dime for band deposits.
Basically, Keith Allen and Shawn Blue used Paypal to solicit tickets, make a website, wrap a school bus in a Hellfest ad, run some commericals and that was that. They only sold xxx number of tickets via paypal and they couldn't sell any more because of PayPal spending limits. I just wonder who Keith will blame this year. This isn't like 2000 when you only had Kurt Ballou yelling at you, this year, you have judges. Do you think Public Enemy care about hardcore?"
"If you bought your ticket through the venue, you can most likely get a refund. If you bought your ticket via paypal which was the "official" way set up on the hellfest website, you are so shit out of luck.
Think about it - last I heard, Paypal capped Hellfest account at about 1,000 tickets. Tickets ranged from $100 to $120 or so. That is about $100,000 dollars that is unaccounted for. Holy fucking shit.
" HELLFEST site says "contact arena for refund"
ARENA site says "refund available at point of purchase"
SO WHICH IS IT?! I BOUGHT MINE FROM PAYPAL
I'm thinking about getting shirts printed where I work like "I lost over $500 because Hellfest got cancelled". Any other ideas?"
"...two of the main planners quitting a couple days ago, the sound production company and caterers both pulling out, trying to sell all the tickets through PayPal and hitting the PayPal limit, not paying any of the bands or vendors and deposits, not having any of the money to cover any of this because you don't get $100,000 from PayPal instantly, all the main bookers, as a result, pulling all their bands from the fest, the venue requiring a $5 million insurance policy ...."
posted by Jose at 8/17/2005 12:16:00 PM
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So, I know that this is months after the fact, but just wondering if anyone has actually received a Hellfest refund. I (unfortunately) got my tickets from a record store in NY, where I cannot get a refund from. I have emailed Hellfest a few times about it, but have yet to hear a reply from anyone. Just thought about it again today, and wondering if anyone actually got their money back.
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