Artists dump Bo Rangolo festival
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The group released a press statement on Wednesday, three days before the show.
“Kindly be advised that WE won’t be performing at the Ga Bo Rangolo festival happening on the 26th December at Tapela Farms, Tonota. We saw if fit for us BW acts to come together and make this joint public announcement because our contractual agreement were breached, it be performance payments, transport and accommodation arrangements. To all our fans/supporters be informed that we wont make an appearance and please ignore the continued advertising and activations. We shall seek remedy for this breach after the date.”
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