Virgin Festival has been postponed

October 30th, 2008 | Published in News | 26 Comment

The Virgin festival has been postponed to early 2009 in order to secure the international line-up that is more in line with what Virgin Festival stands for throughout the different countries. “Our criteria for a successful Virgin Festival are a great Greenfield venue, an impressive and eclectic international line-up, a huge local line-up, the Road to V bringing local unsigned bands into the mix, and some quirky brand activations for the crowd from Virgin. Four out of five of these are on track, but we’re not entirely satisfied with the international line-up,” said Boyd. “Some of the bands that South Africans kept asking for were simply not available at that time of the year.”

3 Concerts still taking place

As a platform for the Road to V winning band, three concerts presented by Virgin Mobile will still be taking place. On the 13th December in Johannesburg at Coca-Cola Dome, 14th December at Durban’s ICC and on the 17th in Cape Town at Grand Arena at Grandwest. Maroon 5, One Republic, The Parlotones and Goldfish will be lighting up the stage together with Road to V’s winning bands. The grand winner will still open the Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile when it goes live.

The 3 concerts will be a curtain raiser for Virgin Festival 2009.

For those who’ve already bought tickets, there’s no need to worry. Current ticket holders have three options:

  1. Hold onto tickets for next year’s Virgin Festival, as they will still be valid
  2. Get a full refund from Computicket
  3. Or attend the curtain raiser for the Virgin Festival 2009 instead, which will be cheaper, so you will also be entitled to a partial refund of your original ticket price

It really is disappointing news, but in the long run, the event being postponed to secure much bigger and better international acts is the best solution.

26 Responses to “Virgin Festival has been postponed”


Nicki

Nooooooooooooo!!! :’(
Was the highlight of my December as we’re not going on holiday :(
Oh well, at least it’s not cancelled indefinitely …
Sooo … which other artists will be joining in 2009???


Nqolobane

Almost eploded with excitemant when V fest was announced. Slowly deflated after checking the line up and venue and orginizers (Peak perfprmances)Cape Town. Hit rock botom eventually. Good move to pull the show. We will all wait for bands that justify a V fest like Coldplay and other greats.


sam

Nooooooo 8(
Any idea when in Jan … and the partial refund ?


Jade

I am glad it has been postponed and look forward to hearing a line up of truley impressive bands. The local bands are awesome but I feel we need some serious international names - bring on the likes of Cold Play, Jamiroqui, Rhianna…


Debra

Shot for the heads up! Glad to hear Maroon 5 will still be coming to Durbs as planned.
With regard to the vote, Linkin Park and STP!!! Bring it on!!!!


Stevie

good thing it is postponed, line up not as expected. looking forward to announcement of more international acts, maybe red hot chilli peppers, incubus, metallica, kings of leon??


Stevie

and oh yes even foo fighters, radiohead, dave matthews!


Adwoa

I totally agree, our local guys deserve to standa along some impressive acts, i mean how could Goldfish or the parlotones be in the same bill as the sugarbabes. I am looking foward for a kickass lineup, like it better blow us away, or else the whole postponement is just not gonna fly


fido

Linkin Park has to come! that’ll blast My Coke Fest off the map…


Ben

I got an SMS saying that the V fest has been canceled and that I must get a refund from Computicket…? Does that mean that the tickets won’t be valid for the Fest next year, or that the fest as been canceled completely?

I am very disappointed by the postponement - only Foo Fighters or Linkin Park will make it worth it.


sue

best move so far. i hope they get really awesome bands such as Staind, Seether, Linking Park, 3 doors down, even Kings of Leon.that would make it totally worth the wait.So when in 2009 will the concert happen?


Chris

Two words: Pearl Jam


Emma

Ohmygo! This is so depressing. The postponing is okay…But the dec hols were perfect coz ive school in jan! So what now? I hate Grandwest…Its common and tacky..Oh well. PS- VFEST was gonna be my bday prez :( present


Lusapho

Cant they bring something like the Roots while they are at it


Kat

Bring the Jonas Brothers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Travis Lyle

Bring. The. V. Fest. To. Durban.

Please.

The MyCoke fest passes us by, major tours pass us by. Hell, minor tours pass us by.

Why? None of the explanations from the ‘big’ promoters sufficiently explain this, and the overwhelming impression is that promoters based in Cape Town and Joburg simply take the lion’s share and screw the coast over.

Please. Bring the event to Durban.


steq

i’d like to see Linkin Park


LP Fan

V-Fest definitely has to bring Linkin Park. Not only are they the best band in the world but they have a huge fanbase in SA. Coke Fest would be nothing if V-Fest get LP!


shona

plz plz bring the jonas brothers they rock and i love them and so do millions of other people so pppllllzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sheilan

Obviously Linkin park has to come!!! I meam then what was the point of cancelling in the first place?? I mean the only time I’ve seen them live was on DVD, pumping the volume up loud and having a moshpit in the living room!!!!!
Also on the wish list Incubus, maybe System Of A Down or Serj… doesn’t matter…


Sheilan

Oh!!! the Jonas Brothers??? u gotta be kinding me


Sman

Is vfest EVER goin to happen?i thought it was goin to be postponed til Jan but uhhmm its April already and stil no news :( has mission been abandoned?if u do decide to stil hav vfest this yr,plz get KINGS OF LEON,THE GOO GOO DOLLS and STAIND :) totally awesome bands


Sman

Oh and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus since they didnt make CokeFest this yr


Diane

Pleeeease bring Linkin Park and Kings of Leon….

Leave a Reply

About

The Virgin Festival is the world’s leading international music festival that is coming to South Africa in December! There will be 18 bands playing 12 hours of music to 60 000 fans in Cape Town and Jozi!

The history of the …

Read More...
Categories
Recent Comments
Polls

What band do you most want to see at The Virgin Fest?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...