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The organiser of Hop Farm festival has said that he 'definitely' wants it to return next year, after having to cancel this year's event.
Vince Power was planning on the festival's return as a 'scaled back' event this year, after the parent company went into receivership last year, but sadly the 2013 festival ended up having to be cancelled after all.
Speaking to NME, Power said, "It became a matter of damage limitation. I had to do it sooner rather than later. When something like this happens even though I’ve been around 30 years, you do lose a bit of credibility.
"So I intend to spend the next months restructuring my company and bringing more investment in. I definitely want to bring Hop Farm back."
Power is also in charge of Spanish festival Benicássim but reassured fans that they had nothing to worry about on that front.
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"Benicássim is still secure," Power continued. "We’ve sold a lot of tickets and it’s doing well. What happened last year was that I floated a company called Music Festivals PLC, and within that company was Hop Farm, Feis festival and Benicássim.
"The company went into administration due to a lack of investment, and our share price crashed. This meant that Maraworld, the trading company for Benicassim, also suffered. But the festival itself actually did well last year. It was the other festivals, which put it under pressure."
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