Hi,
We are Gerrit and Jens from FUNKER VOGT and we think it is time to say the truth about the cancelling of FUNKER VOGT.
We feel extremely sorry for all our fans that made plans to come out to the show and have lost money in the process.
Please believe us, we really wanted to play in Birmingham at the 7th of March but there had been so much trouble with the festival promoter before the festival!
Considering the promoters put out THEIR version of the story and we'd like to balance things out a bit with some facts.
At first – the FUNKER VOGT show in Birmingham was not cancelled by the band! The promoter cancelled the show at the end of January 2009.
But let us tell the whole story.
Our booking manager was contacted by the promoter at the 27th November 2008.
At the 22nd of December our booking manager sent the contract to the promoter. Two weeks later our booking agency was still waiting for the return of the signed contracts.
The promoter told them that he missed the contracts and our booking manager sent them again.
Well - after one more week our manager asked the promoter again „what happened to the contracts?” and he got the answer “I have mailed the contracts out to you. They should be with you in the next week.” but the contracts didn’t arrive our office.
One week later our booking manager asked again for the contracts and he got the following answer by the promoter:
“Secondly, my manager has put come to me with a problem, that there have been some un-expected costs arise that exceed our event budget, leaving us with a dilemma as to line-up issues in regards to Funker Vogt.”
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Our booking manager talked to the promoter and he was trying to find a solution for you – our fans – and the promoter. But there was no chance and the promoter wasn’t interested to find a way to bring FUNKER VOGT to the festival.
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Well at the end we only played the show in LONDON at the 6th of March and so you can see – FUNKER VOGT was in the UK at this weekend!
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We wish all our fans all the best and we hope to see you in the next time!
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Gerrit and Jens
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