Auckland flooding: Heartache as long weekend events axed
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- 03 Feb 2023
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Monday's Laneway Festival in Auckland has been cancelled, joining a long list of events hit by record rainfall.
The cancellation of the music festival - which included artists like Haim and Phoebe Bridgers - follows the cancellation of both of Elton John's Auckland shows this weekend.
The Laneway organisers said they had to make the "heartbreaking" decision to cancel the show due to the unprecedented weather event in Auckland.
"We were so excited to deliver this show to our biggest crowd ever in New Zealand. Our team has been working around the clock to do everything they can to salvage the site, but the damage and disruption caused by the weather has meant that it is no longer safe to proceed."
Ticket holders will be refunded amid the organisers' promise on Twitter: "We'll be back in 2024."
Organisers of Sunday's Gardens Music Festival have confirmed they will be ditching the waterlogged Auckland Domain, and will head indoors to Spark Arena. Two of the lineup - John Morales and MissB - won't be performing, but Set Mo, LP Giobbi, Peking Duk and headliner Fatboy Slim are already in the country, so are still set to perform. Read More…
