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After years of cancellations, problems and controversy, ATP Festivals have announced that they'll be closing down after going bankrupt - cancelling next month's ATP Iceland event.
Just this week it seemed that once again ATP could be facing troubles, after more bands started to pull out from next month's Iceland event, due to poor communication with organisers.
Now, it seems that it's all over for the once celebrated All Tomorrow's Parties string of festivals.
"It is with deep sadness we are announcing that ATP Festivals and live promotions are closing down. After months of speculation, our funding for Iceland has been pulled and we are no longer able to continue so will be closing down the entire live side of ATP festivals and live promotions with immediate effect and going into administration," they wrote on Facebook.
"ATP Iceland festival is no longer happening, but all our other UK shows will have new promoters appointed and tickets transferred (all purchased tickets remain valid with the new promoter). We will post details of the administrators and what to do for festival ticket refunds over the next week."
They added: "We are very sorry we could not make this work and have tried to survive throughout all our recent losses but we are no longer able to trade and have to accept we cannot go on. Thank you to all our loyal customers who have supported us and incredible artists who have performed or curated for us over the years and made ATP so special while it lasted."
So far this year, Drive Like Jehu saw their curated event at ATP cancelled just a week before it was set to take place - sharing a photo of toilet roll and claiming it had 'crashed and burned' at the hands of organisers. This came after their weekend and other curated by comedian Stewart Lee faced problems securing venues. Various acts booked had complaints relating to payment and communication during Lee's event, which went ahead.
In 2014, the ATP-curated Jabberwocky Festival was also cancelled at the last minute, causing much frustration and many complaints from fans that were awaiting refunds and bands had arranged to play.
The first All Tomorrow's Parties festival was in 2001 and founded by Barry Hogan - the line-up of which was curated by Mogwai and took place in the unusual setting of Pontins Holiday Camp, Camber Sands.
The festival has taken place in the UK, USA, Iceland and Australia, and has been curated by Deerhunter, TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The National, The Drones, Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs), Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel), Battles, Caribou, Les Savy Fav, Amos, Animal Collective, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jim Jarmusch, Pavement, The Flaming Lips, The Breeders, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mike Patton & Melvins, My Bloody Valentine, Explosions In The Sky, Pitchfork Media, Portishead, Fennesz, Dirty Three, Thurston Moore, The Shins, Sleater Kinney, Dinosaur Jr., Devendra Banhart, Mudhoney, The Mars Volta, Vincent Gallo, Slint, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Stephen Malkmus, Mogwai, Tortoise, Shellac, Sonic Youth, Autechre, Modest Mouse, and Simpsons' creator Matt Groening.
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