I was extremely disappointed by this event.
Hardly any of the main stage acts turned up on saturday and even less on sunday.
The set lists they were selling at £3.50 each were full of errors which caused me and my friends to miss some of the acts we really wanted to see.
On the sunday they continued to sell the set lists even though it was obvious there was errors on them.
Also on the sunday they started letting people in for free which is a complete insult to all of us that paid to attend this shambles.
It says on the website that there would be a bar in the campsite and there wasnt and we werent allowed to take alcohol into the campsite.
I paid to see the acts that were advertised on the website and I did not get what I paid for.
As there is no contact information on the website I ask all of you that feel the same way as I do to tell watchdog how you feel, we all deserve a refund and the more of you that write to watchdog the better our chances are of getting one!
Heres the link bbc.co.uk

cheers edz, i have to agree with you on that one. The one in november will still have 8 arenas but will only be £20 +booking fee per ticket instead of £22 xx

Nov the what ?? And will it be at seone ??

yup, november 28th xx

Ahh cool free tht date as far as i no so might pop down only been 8 yrs lol

cool

urm if u mean when i tried to get a photo of u asleep before the ppl sat next to u woke u up

or when i saw u gettin bundled, and u was squished at the bottom?

there are parts of the weekend i dont have much memory of so there may have been another time?

This was at opera house ??? i was only asleep for ike a minute didnt sleep at southern sound at all


That was fun

I think you come said hi im fordy raver i was drunk though so who knows

i rly dont remember that but then ive seen photos of me with squad-e and storm and i dont remember that either, just know i managed to embarass myself as always! or u were just dreaming about me...

Well i wouldnt have been dreaming bout ya as i only dream about one irl and it aint u lol

Sorry to disillusion you but I'm a male...

Yeah but u look good in a dress

lol im gona see if anyone else remembers this. and remember to stay off vodka in future.

this event has just been on rogue traders on tv so getyourkix WILL be put to shame

ha ha yeah on watchdog!!!! office of fair trading say we should be given a refund!!!! mr lane's company is in liquidation and its cost him £100,000 pounds jus openng the gates!!! oh and the freestylers cheque BOUNCED

i saw that, i was just about toturn it over

haha what a joke, and "because my company is going through liquidation, refunds are very unlikly" Oh that's just great then...

I would like to apologise to anybody that feels "ripped off" in anyway, my intentions were only ever to offer people a festival experiance that they would never forget, the truth is simply that the event didnt generate enough money as not enough people bought tickets despite all our advertisment efforts, the festival event costs increased greatly running up to the event as hidden costs became aparent, and the money we already had to fund wasnt enough to cover this increase in costs as well as initial costs. Chicane got paid a massive £8625 deposit, Felix Da Housecat a £5000 deposit, Audio Bullys a £3750 deposit, there balance payments that we couldn't pay due to lack of funds were due to be the same figures as there deposits again, all these acts kept there huge deposits for themselfs after the event for doing nothing at all and not showing up to play, if those three acts alone returned there massive deposits to me for doing nothing, we could refund 250 weekend camping tickets at £70, or 700 part refunds of £25, but artist agents wont part with this money (the customers money), as it was a contracted deposit agreement.

I understand and respect the fact that artists are under no obligation in anyway to return there deposits and refund customers on my behalf, however as there is no money left in Get Yr Kix Ltd and the acts didnt "earn" this money as such, I would consider them to be the only people in the position to refund seriously unhappy fans, without personal loss to themselfs.

I did all I could, and I am honestly sorry to anybody who did not enjoy there weekend, it was a big step for me to put on a £250,000 music festival, I'm only 22 and full of ambition, and perhaps I took to much on to quickly and for this I am sorry.

My company "get yr kix ltd" is in the process of liquidation, and unless the artists that did not play but did recieve a deposit return these monies, refunds sadly are very unlikely.

Running up to the event it became quite clear that we wouldn't hit the sales figures that we needed to pay everyone accross the weekend, we were faced with a difficult choice, that choice being either to cancel the festival event and only a fraction (not all) of the customers would get a part refund however myself and family wouldnt loose a penny more, the other option was to open the gates to the public despite the situation and risk myself looseing a further £100,000, but at least still the customers are offered something to do as apposed to nothing at all like many other festivals this year, the second option was the choice we came to amongst myself and family in the end.

Again I apologise to those who feel ripped off, a lot of people have good things to say about Southern Sound and had a great time to my delight.

If you feel totally cheated, please send me a personal message via my Facebook profile, and though I cant offer a refund, I will happily and honestly answer your questions.

Thanks for your time everyone.

Laner
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It was on watchdog last night.

ive been reading through the thread from the start. feel mega sorry for all the people who paid full pice for tickets.

for people who didnt see watchdog, heres a link to the story Watchdog

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That's ridiculous. I think it's shameful you are trying to push the plees for a refund onto the artists who were meant to be performing. Why the hell should they return their deposits? Like you said yourself...


They are well within their rights to keep the deposit. They could have been booked elsewhere that weekend and got their full fee, why should they lose out for your failings?