Breaking news: Truck Festival postponed

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 40 comments 16:14 July 20th, 2007

News just in, folks: following the flooding of the festival site in Oxfordshire, this year’s Truck Festival has been postponed.

The two-day event – due to start tomorrow (Saturday July 21) – has been washed-out by torrential rain (18 inches of it!) throughout today (Friday July 20). The festival – headlined by Idlewild (pictured) and also featuring such fine acts as I Was A Cub Scout, Youthmovies and The Brian Jonestown Massacre – will be moved to a weekend in the near future.

The official line goes something like:

It is with great regret that Steventon Festivals and Truck Foundation are forced to announce the postponement of this year's Truck Festival. Much of the site is under several feet of water and the Ginge Brook has completely overflowed its banks, leaving all the camping, parking and audience areas underwater and dangerous. We already have numerous acts on site as well as t-shirts, programmes, CDs and the rest and we are only doing this as an absolute last resort.

We are proposing to reschedule the event at the same location on the weekend of the 22nd September with all tickets remaining valid, and we would like to encourage ticket holders to come to that event rather than seek refunds, as it will make it more likely that we can stay afloat financially.

Those who bought physical tickets who wish for a refund should post their tickets and return address details by registered post to…

TRUCK
The Old Stables East
Church Lane
Steventon OX136SW

…clearly marked 'ticket refund'.

This offer is only valid if tickets are received by us by Saturday 28th July 2007. Those who bought online tickets from www.WeGotTickets.com should contact them to arrange a refund according to their terms.

We would like to emphasise again that we'd like all of you to come to the rescheduled event if at all possible and we can pretend this biblical flood never happened!

This morning, I got really wet. Yep. Truth.

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:'-(

John_Brainlove | 20 Jul '07, 16:16 | X | Reply

:(

Filip | 20 Jul '07, 16:17 | X | Reply

who's up for making all the bands we can muster play somewhere dry this weekend?

erm, or maybe i can have my first weekend off in 7 weeks..........

sean | 20 Jul '07, 16:21 | X | Reply

fartybums

i paid amazon for 'express delivery' on my tent too.

shadyadie | 20 Jul '07, 16:28 | X | Reply

i'm already calling venues.

crablin @sean | 20 Jul '07, 16:30 | X | Reply

'Ginge Brook'

LOL.

Mike_Diver @shadyadie | 20 Jul '07, 16:31 | X | Reply

do not understand.

shadyadie @Mike_Diver | 20 Jul '07, 16:32 | X | Reply

oh fuckit

i'm off to see the b-52's at loveshack then. i mean lovebox.

shadyadie @shadyadie | 20 Jul '07, 16:32 | X | Reply

Me neither, really...

...I just find the combination of those words amusing.

Mike_Diver @shadyadie | 20 Jul '07, 16:35 | X | Reply

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I HATE YOU JESUS!!!

scutterbucket @annelanc | 20 Jul '07, 16:36 | X | Reply

nutter.

shadyadie @Mike_Diver | 20 Jul '07, 16:39 | X | Reply

we need moses

to do his parting water trick.

shadyadie @scutterbucket | 20 Jul '07, 16:40 | X | Reply

Surely the headline should be 'TRUCK OFF'?

Too obvious? Too shit?

Royter-Hatfood | 20 Jul '07, 16:48 | X | Reply

I can't fucking believe this!

I've been doing the most God awful job for the past three weeks, proper slit your wrists if you think about it too much kind of work, and the the only thing thats kept me going was the thought of getting absolutely smashed and chasing young ladies around the Truck campsite just like last year. And now all that hard graft and hell has been all for nothing!!! Fucking nothing!!! Fuck September, I won't be alive by then the luck i'm having!

If any young girls between the age of 17 to 21 who are equally upset by this terrible terrible news fancy recreating Truck in my back garden or theirs then please please get in touch. I have booze, a silly amount of drugs and i'm sure I can borrow my Dads old crappy Squeeze records. I'll even clean out my shed and we can pretend its the Barn. Any takers?

(All replies must include a photo. I'm not shallow, it's just for security reasons)

scutterbucket @biffyhouse | 20 Jul '07, 16:55 | X | Reply