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Disgraceful conduct by Pandemonium Festival promoter Andrew McManus. (mediacdn.aus.social)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ajsadauskas@aus.social to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Disgraceful conduct by Pandemonium Festival promoter Andrew McManus.

He has apparently taken to Facebook to threaten ticketholders who have asked for a refund with violence.

This as the wheels have almost completely fallen off his Pandemonium Festival: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/what-s-going-on-punters-left-hanging-over-controversial-rock-festival-20240322-p5fehb.html

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[–] ajsadauskas@aus.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@melbourne Here's some more background on what's been happening with the festival, via Joel King.

[–] str82L@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Got a non-paywalled link?

[–] ajsadauskas@aus.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

@str82L Here you go: https://archive.is/TajE6

"On Thursday night, Nine News reported the whole event was cancelled due to slow ticket sales. The news report included footage of festival organisers hanging up on a journalist when asked if the event was going ahead.

"On Friday morning, Pandemonium insisted the festival would still go ahead in a post on Instagram and Facebook.

"Two headliners, Deep Purple and Wolfmother, have removed Australian tour dates from their websites. All other headliners have Pandemonium’s dates still listed. The mixed messaging and lack of clarity from organisers have left many ticket-holders confused."

So bands are pulling out, there's media reports the whole thing might be canned.

Tickets cost $260, so it's not cheap by any stretch. Premium tickets are over $500.

Not surprisingly, some people are asking for refunds, and are having a difficult time getting them.

They're not even getting accurate information about which bands are still playing.

And now when people are raising the issues on social media, the promoter Andrew McManus is in some cases personally responding with threats.