March 5, 2013 20:38
Hop Farm Festival owed Suede £46,000 and Peter Gabriel £100,000 at time of liquidation Suede Tickets
Vince Power still plans to bring the Kent festival back this summer
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The Hop Farm Festival – which went into administration last year – did so owing its 2012 headliners thousands of pounds.
Kent News recently found that the festival, which was run by Vince Power's Music Festivals PLC, went under owing Peter Gabriel £100,000 and Suede £46,000. Bruce Forsyth was also owed £9,000.
Other artists who were still unpaid at the time of the companies liquidation included Damien Rice, Billy Ocean, Primal Scream, Richard Ashcroft, Kool & The Gang and George Clinton.
In all, the festival collapsed owing £4.6 million, including £22,648 to local police and £163,000 to the festival site, Paddock Wood.
Despite this, Vince Power has said that the festival will be returning in 2013. A spokesman for Power confirmed to Kent News that an announcement regarding this year's event is 'imminent'. Power told the paper earlier this year:
It was always my intention to do the Hop Farm, I have the rights to do the Hop Farm and the Hop Farm will take place from July 5-7, 2013. At the moment, we have sold a small amount of early bird tickets and we are confirming acts. We hope to announce the bill very shortly.
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| Date/Time | Venue | Town/City | Seetickets | Viagogo |
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| Aug 23, 2013 | Kenwood House | London |
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| Oct 22, 2013 | Southampton Guildhall | Southampton |
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| Oct 23, 2013 | Southend Cliffs Pavilion | Westcliff-on-sea |
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| Oct 24, 2013 | O2 Academy Bristol | Bristol |
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| Oct 26, 2013 | O2 Academy Leeds | Leeds |
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| Oct 27, 2013 | Barrowland | Glasgow | Tickets not currently available. |
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| Oct 30, 2013 | Manchester Academy 1 | Manchester | Tickets not currently available. |
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| Oct 30, 2013 | O2 Academy Manchester | Manchester |
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| Oct 31, 2013 | O2 Academy Birmingham | Birmingham |
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| Date/Time | Venue | Town/City | Seetickets | Viagogo |
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| 23 Aug 2013 | Kenwood House | London |
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| 22 Oct 2013 | Southampton Guildhall | Southampton |
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| 23 Oct 2013 | Southend Cliffs Pavilion | Westcliff-on-sea |
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