Rock4life no more

Rock4life is cancelled. The BBC reports:

'A new music festival in the Highlands which was to feature veteran rockers Status Quo has been cancelled.

Rock4Life was due to be held on 1 May at Whiteness, near Ardersier, and raise money for the Highland Hospice.
The second day of the two-day event, at which pop acts Sugababes and McFly were due to appear, had already been cancelled because of poor ticket sales.
Highland Council confirmed they had now been told by organisers the festival would no longer be going ahead.
Rock4Life was expected to attract a crowd of about 20,000.
A spokesman for Highland Council said they had been informed the decision to call off the entire event was taken due to the "knock-on effect" from the loss of the second day, which created a cash-flow problem.'

More on the BBC site.

Rock 4 Life - a one day festival only now

Bad news for Hospice fund-raising hopes. The Press and Journal quotes:

'But just 477 of the 20,000 tickets for the day two of the festival at Whiteness, near Nairn, were sold, forcing the cancellation of the entire day’s programme.
Pop acts McFly and the Sugababes and R&B singer Lemar had been due to top the bill at the event on May 2 at the former oil rig fabrication yard venue.'

More details on the Press and Journal site.

Rock4Life on the Carse (aka Whitness Head)

Any Gurnites needing tickets might want to pop along to the Rock4Life website. The Accomodation page only lists Inverness businesses at the moment however, but we're sure that anyone looking at the location map will consider Nairn as well. On the day it may well be easier trying to get to the site from this direction!