Britpop legends Blur have pulled out of the Big Day Out festival.
The band were set to headline the event, which tours cities in Australia and New Zealand early next year, alongside Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire.
But, having cited ‘constantly shifting goalposts and challenging conditions of the organisers’, Blur have now cancelled, just eight weeks prior to kick off.
“Devastated to report that Blur won't be performing at BDO in 2014. It’s a shock that it has come to this. Only 8 weeks to go, the band feels that with the constantly shifting goalposts and challenging conditions of the organisers, they can't let it drag on any longer and want to make this announcement, to be clear to Blur fans that they won't be there.
“We've done our very best to work with the organisers and considered every option to make it happen, but they've let us down and let everyone else down too.”
Big Day Out CEO Adam Zammit has confirmed that a statement is to follow from the organisers:
@normo94@iheartpods event is charging ahead despite Blurs action. Announcement and statement soon
The Big Day Out is, as mentioned, still 'charging ahead' - you can grab tickets here.
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