ATP goes into administration

ATP is closing down and going into administration, the company has announced. The company's Iceland festival, scheduled for July 1-3 and which had already seen a number of artiste cancellations, will no longer take place but its other UK shows will go ahead with new promoters: “It is with deep sadness we are announcing that ATP Festivals and live promotions are closing down," the firm said in statement on its website. "After months of speculation, our funding for Iceland has been pulled and we are no longer able to continue so will be closing down the entire live side of ATP festivals and live promotions with immediate effect and going into administration" adding  “ATP Iceland festival is no longer happening, but all our other UK shows will have new promoters appointed and tickets transferred (all purchased tickets remain valid with the new promoter). We will post details of the administrators and what to do for festival ticket refunds over the next week.

Artist cancellations hurt festivals- festival cancelltions hurt artists

Chief Keef has been ordered to pay damages of almost a quarter of a million dollars to Washington DC-based promoter Team Major over a performance in London which he failed to turn up for last year. The rapper was due to play at IndigO2 in the O2 dome complex on 29 Dec 2012, but failed to emerge on the day and never gave any reason for his absence. Damages were set at $230,019 to cover the advance payment of $75,000, lost earnings and harm to the promoter's reputation.

Beady Eye (by Nick Cordes)

In other news, Beady Eye have been forced to cancel festival shows in Belgium (Lokerse festival) and Japan (Summer Sonic) after guitarist Gem Archer suffered an injury. A statement on the band's website explained "Following an accident on the evening of Thursday 1st August, Beady Eye guitarist Gem Archer was hospitalised with severe head trauma. He is currently in a stable condition but continues to stay in hospital under observation". We say 'good luck' and get well soon Gem. 

And Syrian artist Omar Souleyman has been denied a visa by Swedish authorities, and so, as things stand, will have to miss Gothenburg's Way Out West festival this weekend. The singer has already had to cancel an appearance at the Stockholm Music & Arts Festival after being told its currently Sweden's national policy to not admit Syrian citizens.

CMU Daily reports that "noise-rap clique" Death Grips have cancelled a pair of US-based live appearances in Boston  and New York, having also failed to show at an official Lollapalooza afterparty last week, nor did they play as billed at the festival itself.

Finally,  ATP, has voided the already re-scheduled Grizzly Bear-headlined edition of its I'll Be Your Mirror all-dayer at London's Alexandra Palace. Fans who held joint tickets for this and the previously staged Yeah Yeah Yeah's IBYM event will get a partial refund.

ATP call time on holiday camp fun

All Tomorrow's Parties is to slimline its large-scale live activities, it's been revealed. The promotions co has billed a pair of 'End Of An Era' events featuring Television and Loop as its last ever 'holiday camp festivals', meaning its city-based I'll Be Your Mirror festivals will become the firm's core business.

MAMA take stake in ATP

The MAMA Group has announced it has taken a 50% stake in the All Tomorrow's Parties company, promoters of the holiday-camp based ATP festivals and the I'll Be Your Mirror events. ATP founder Barry Hogan was forced to restructure his company earlier this year, putting one business into administration, after a difficult time the UK festivals market. However, the restructuring did not stop any planned events from going ahead. The ATP team will also assist in the booking of talent for other MAMA Festivals, including Lovebox, Wilderness and The Great Escape.

ATP folds, but shows go on

Music festival company All Tomorrow's Parties, founded by promoter Barry Hogan, had gone into liquidation. Hogan previously admitted  that ticket sales for the early-summer ATP events had declined in recent years. More recently he announced that ATP would be working with  holiday camp operator Pontins ending a six year partnership with Butlins. Hogan incorporated a new company at the end of May, called Willwal Ltd, and it is now listed as promoter of future ATP events, meaning that up coming tours and festivals being advertised by the firm will still go ahead.

ATP to end spring events

CMU Daily reports that this month's All Tomorrows Parties festival in Minehead will be the final springtime ATP event, organisers have said. ATP promoters announced earlier this week that moving forward they will be concentrating on their Christmas time festivals in the UK, plus one-off city-based events, such as the Portishead mini-festival taking place at Alexandra Palace in July. May has traditionally been an important month for the ATP enterprise, their guest-artist-curated holiday-park fests often being seen as the first big events of the summer festival season.