Mystery over 60s night cancellation
A 60s concert scheduled for tomorrow night in Bath has been cancelled.
The 60s Gold night at The Forum was one of a programme of events organised by Bath Music Plus in conjunction with Bath and North East Somerset Council.
But the night due to feature Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Animals was pulled last month and all ticket-buyers have now been reimbursed.
It is unclear what led to the cancellation and the Chronicle has been told that the council was involved in the decision. It is not known how much the cancellation has cost and where that money is coming from.
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A statement from B&NES today said: “The council learned from Bath Music Plus, the organisers of the 60s Gold concert, that the concert had to be cancelled for operational reasons. The council asked Bath Music Plus on September 20 to contact the ticket holders to arrange a full refund and a statement was put up on the Bath Music Plus website to this effect. If anyone has not yet received their refund they should contact Bath Music Plus directly on 0870 2406783.”
Bath Music Plus was set up with B&NES early last year to bring more big name gigs to the city, but is now coming to the end of its life.
The last gig it fully organised was one involving Kinks lead singer Ray Davies earlier this month.
Today a spokesman for Gerry and the Pacemakers’s management company Chime said: “The groups are disappointed. We couldn’t really understand why they wanted to cancel.”
The council was also involved in the decision to axe an all-day festival at Bath Racecourse featuring Jools Holland in July.
At the time, the decision was blamed on soggy ground conditions at the venue, and the council could not say how much money had been lost as a result.
Comments
by Viscount_V
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 7:37PM
“Thankyou Joning, I'm pleased to be back :)”
by Ilovespaniels
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 6:14PM
“Alot of the tour dates were cancelled apparently, one site says "Unfortunately, Gerry 'Cross the Mersey' has had to be postponed again to Thursday 11 October. This is due to the fact that Gerry Marsden has a heart condition and has been advised by his doctor to take more recuperation time"
I don't know whether they played the 11th, but the report above says the Bath concert was cancelled last month, probably on hearing this news do you think ?”
by joning
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 2:04PM
“@ VV
Good to have you back.”
by HMSTamaki
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 2:01PM
“Probably becaue they don't want to go the way of Pompeybelle, 4pendo93. She appears to have been barred for stating the facts - facts someone somewhere didn't like stated.
BRING BACK POMPEYBELLE!”
by 4pendo93
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 1:49PM
“So everyone knows something's wrong here, and a number of people obviously know *exactly* what it is, why isn't anyone saying it? Has everyone here signed NDAs or something?”
by radstockjeff
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 1:18PM
“This tangled web is nothing new. I seem to recall some 20 years ago when the Podium site was being developed that the then Bath City Council set up a " management development company" for that project called "Cleverfix"
radstockjeff”
by Ilovespaniels
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 10:52AM
“Bath 1946 To a person who doesn't understand this 'fascinating organisation' can you expand a little please. To me it is a tangled web, so any chance of unraveling it for me/us ? Future Bath Plus was set up in 2008 and shows in 2010 as being dormant, but has obviously now been absorbed into BID, am I on the right lines here ?”
by bath1946
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 10:19AM
“Bath BID ( Business Investment Partnership ) set up 18 months ago in its update on May 4th 2012 works in conjunction with a plethora of organisations including Bath Tourism Plus and can claim such successes as the introduction of Night Marshalls and BID rangers who patrol the streets in new BID eco-vehicles, deep-cleaning the streets and responding to incidents. Mr. Cooper, BID manager said it does not exist to supplement the Council. It is a fascinating organisation.”
by Ilovespaniels
Tuesday, October 30 2012, 8:18AM
“A Council statement might be useful, after all we have various threads here running for more than six months, and all linked to Tourism and Leisure. Do we know who is in charge now or whether a new director has been appointed ?”
by Ilovespaniels
Monday, October 29 2012, 8:41PM
“It's a tangled web that's for sure. Did Bath Future Plus ever trade ? If you download
the accounts, it has a board of directors, chairman etc., the accounts are dated 2010 but says it's a dormant company.
https://http://tinyurl.com/9cd2ctw”