bobpants

That note on the warp website didn’t appear until AFTER this new article. DiS should’ve checked their sources rather than rushing out some unverified rumour based on something sent to him by a reader who “has a contact who says…” – Lazy journalism is what it is.

Latest news is that battles ARE still playing, so your information appears to be a big fat 0% sound. Always next time though eh?

is that Battles ARE playing this weekend. The warp records website has removed the "battles no longer playing" tagline that was next to that date, and apparently an official statement from the organisers about it all is due soon. Madness!!

"The organisers have also confirmed that contrary to some reports both Battles, and Soulwax (the latter are curating a whole tent at the event) will still be appearing."

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/080701d.shtml

It would appear that your DiS reader is talking out of their a*se. No doubt some bitter Bjork fan who's got the hump because SHE decided to cancel her appearance without giving 2 sh*ts about any of her fans who may have bought tickets for this or her rescheduled Sheffield gig (which she has now cancelled indfinitely just 1 day before it was due to happen).

...either from the promoters or the bands themselves about all this I would be inclined to ignore this “I’ve got a friend of a friend who says….” style rumour mongering.