After an impressive run of festivals and shows, marred in recent years by cancelled events, unexpected venue changes, and financial problems, ATP Festivals and its live promotions will be closing down, effective immediately. This means that ATP Iceland is also canceled, with ATP’s scheduled UK shows being handed over to new promoters.
The news follows the recent string of artists who pulled out of ATP Iceland, citing ATP’s “failure to honour” agreements.
ATP Festival was founded in 2001 by Barry Hogan. It was responsible for some of the most unique festival experiences, with events curated by the likes of Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel), Slint, Matt Groening (The Simpsons), My Bloody Valentine, Shellac, Animal Collective, and more.
Read the full post by ATP Festival on its Facebook page:
It is with deep sadness we are announcing that ATP Festivals and live promotions are closing down. 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.
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.
We are very sorry we could not make this work and have tried to survive throughout all our recent losses but we are no longer able to trade and have to accept we cannot go on.
Thank you to all our loyal customers who have supported us and incredible artists who have performed or curated for us over the years and made ATP so special while it lasted.