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Hyde Park concerts cancelled as promoters go bust

Boy band Blue, Simply Red and rocker Paul Weller will not perform in London's Hyde Park this summer after their promoters were forced into administration.

The concerts, which made up a series known as the Route of Kings, were shelved when Triple A Entertainment got into financial difficulty with more than £5 million owed to them.

Trouble began when Triple A failed to pay the first down payment to Royal Parks, responsible for issuing licences to performers.

This meant the series - which was scheduled to run in July and included other acts Roxy Music, Jools Holland and Yes - could not go ahead.

But despite the announcement, the three founding directors of Triple A - Dennis Arnold, Pete Wilson and Martyn Stanger - have secured investment for a new venture entitled 3A.

3A will continue to operate as an independent concert promoter and Blue, Paul Weller and Daniel Bedingfield are some of the artists to stay on the books.

Mr Arnold said: "We are obviously extremely disappointed that we have had to put Triple A into administration, particularly as we have enjoyed some great successes and have worked with a fantastic range of artists, agents, managers, venues and suppliers."

"We very much hope to continue working with them as part of our new venture and are extremely thankful to have received so much support from clients and suppliers across the industry."

Triple A was set up five years ago and has promoted shows for performers such as Westlife, Ronan Keating, Eric Clapton and Kylie Minogue.

Any concert-goers who have already bought their tickets will be able to get refunds from July 4.

justin norman

Sorry folks, this event has been cancelled due to the promoters going into administration.
This is what was on the BBC news websute on friday 27th of june.

Concerts by Blue, Simply Red and Paul Weller have been cancelled because their promoter has collapsed.
The July shows were due to be performed in London's Hyde Park in an annual series known as the Route of Kings.

But Triple A Entertainment, which was promoting the shows, went into administration on Friday.

Any concert-goers who have already bought their tickets will be able to get refunds from July 4.

Steve

Well, sorry if I'm the first to break the news to you but the gig is cancelled. The promotor has gone bust apparently and not only Yes but all of the Route of Kings shows are kaput.

My tickey came a few days ago , front block,front row dead centre...gutted.

Perhaps another night at Hammersmith can be hastily arranged ?

Geoff Dunn

On June 24th 2003, Rick Wakeman states on his website:

"Hyde Park is going to be a huge party affair as we intend to really celebrate the 35th birthday of YES in a big way and much is planned for the evening including an extra long set, adding at least an additional hours worth of music to the show, so it will be considerably different from all the other UK shows. Capacity is 10,000 and we’re already past the half way mark with a month to go, so hopefully will sell out and create a wonderful party atmosphere."

Steve

According to the Route Of Kings website this open air show will be set in an 18,000 capacity semicircular amphitheatre. Quite a big gig for Yes these days. Come on everyone, let's give Yes the support they deserve. Let's make this summer evening in central London a Yes event to remember.