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Virgin music festival postponed to early 2009

I just received this message in my inbox from the Virgin festival team:

Changes have been made to Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile in order to ensure an even hotter line-up, and one that will make South Africans proud,” announced Peter Boyd, CEO of Virgin Mobile.

The festival has been postponed to early 2009 in order to secure the international line-up that is more in line with what Virgin Festival stands for throughout the different countries. “Our criteria for a successful Virgin Festival are a great Greenfield venue, an impressive and eclectic international line-up, a huge local line-up, the Road to V bringing local unsigned bands into the mix, and some quirky brand activations for the crowd from Virgin. Four out of five of these are on track, but we’re not entirely satisfied with the international line-up,” said Boyd. “Some of the bands that South Africans kept asking for were simply not available at that time of the year.”

As a lead up to Virgin Festival 2009, and a platform for the Road to V winning band, three concerts presented by Virgin Mobile will still be taking place. On the 13th December in Johannesburg at Coca-Cola Dome, 14th December at Durban’s ICC and on the 17th in Cape Town at Grand Arena at Grandwest. Maroon 5, One Republic, The Parlotones and Goldfish will be lighting up the stage together with Road to V’s winning bands. The grand winner will still open the Virgin Festival by Virgin Mobile when it goes live.

For those who’ve already bought tickets, there’s no need to worry.
Current ticket holders have three options:

1. Hold onto tickets for next year’s Virgin Festival, as they will still be valid;
2. Get a full refund from Computicket;
3. Or attend the Virgin Mobile pre-show instead, which will be cheaper, so you
will also be entitled to a partial refund of your original ticket price.

Look forward to seeing you at one, if not all of these amazing music events!

The Virgin Festival Team