Den norska festivalen Blastfest meddelar att man lägger ner festivalen och går i konkurs.
Anledningen sägs vara dålig biljettförsäljning och arrangörerna har gått ut med följande meddelande:
“Blastfest has though several years pleased Metal og Hardrock fans abdroad and domestic. The festival was arranged first year in 2014. Great names has been presented, first and foremost for the local Bergen audience, but also for a number of guests from abroad..
Blastfest AS has tried to continue arranging the festival, but du to low ticketsales and low forecasts for ticketsale, the board of the company, with regrets, has found it correct to cancel the festival. The company has been delivered to The Bergen Tingrett for dissolution of the company.”
Blastfest skulle gått av stapel den 22-25 februari och hade bokat band såsom Devin Townsend Project och Katatonia.